8 - Summary of cost information for use of occupational hygienists Count of survey Likelihood Frequency Use of Average Business respondents of using an of using an occupational annualised size using occupational occupational hygienists cost management hygienist hygienist practice Small 9 35% Annually $2,250 Occupational Medium 27 34% Annually $11,705 hygienist Large 98 73% Quarterly $269,686 Estimating the count of businesses in Australia that use controls 9 summarises the list of sub-industries selected in which businesses are considered to have regular exposure to hazardous chemicals that have a workplace exposure standard. The corresponding industry and tier are also included in the table. Table 9 - Count of business by industry for each tier Business of Tier Industry size businesses Small 4,005 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Medium 338 Large 9 Small 2,819 Mining Medium 380 Large 152 Small 31,484 1 Manufacturing Medium 3,924 Large 301 Small 2,158 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services Medium 205 Large 25 Small 142,466 Construction Medium 4,218 Large 163 Wholesale trade, Retail trade, Accommodation and Food 29,082 Services, Transport, Postal and Warehousing, Information Media and Telecommunications, Financial and Insurance 2 Services, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Medium 1,546 Administrative and Support Services, Public Administration and Safety, Education and Training, Health care and Social Large 136 Assistance, Arts and Recreational Services, Other Services Based on these selected industries, 223,412 businesses are assumed to have regular exposure to hazardous chemicals. Of these, 212,014 are small business, 10,611 are medium business and 786 are large business. Not all of these 223,412 businesses are considered to be aware of the workplace exposure standards. Based on the business survey responses, approximately 22 per cent of small businesses, 14 per cent of medium businesses and 7 per cent of large businesses were not aware of the workplace exposure standards. This may be due to the business survey respondents operating in businesses where workplace exposure standards are not required, or due to a genuine unawareness of the workplace exposure standards. Given the business survey was circulated specifically to businesses that were registered on relevant hazardous chemical subscriber mailing lists; it is assumed that the latter is more
8 - Summary of cost information for use of occupational hygienists Use of occupational hygienists Business size Count of survey respondents using management practice Likelihood of using an occupational hygienist Frequency of using an occupational hygienist Average annualised cost Occupational hygienist Small 9 35% Annually $2,250 Medium 27 34% Annually $11,705 Large 98 73% Quarterly $269,686 Estimating the count of businesses in Australia that use controls 9 summarises the list of sub-industries selected in which businesses are considered to have regular exposure to hazardous chemicals that have a workplace exposure standard. The corresponding industry and tier are also included in the table. Table 9 - Count of business by industry for each tier Tier Industry Business size of businesses 1 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Small 4,005 Medium 338 Large 9 Mining Small 2,819 Medium 380 Large 152 Manufacturing Small 31,484 Medium 3,924 Large 301 Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services Small 2,158 Medium 205 Large 25 Construction Small 142,466 Medium 4,218 Large 163 2 Wholesale trade, Retail trade, Accommodation and Food Services, Transport, Postal and Warehousing, Information Media and Telecommunications, Financial and Insurance Services, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Administrative and Support Services, Public Administration and Safety, Education and Training, Health care and Social Assistance, Arts and Recreational Services, Other Services 29,082 Medium 1,546 Large 136 Based on these selected industries, 223,412 businesses are assumed to have regular exposure to hazardous chemicals. Of these, 212,014 are small business, 10,611 are medium business and 786 are large business. Not all of these 223,412 businesses are considered to be aware of the workplace exposure standards. Based on the business survey responses, approximately 22 per cent of small businesses, 14 per cent of medium businesses and 7 per cent of large businesses were not aware of the workplace exposure standards. This may be due to the business survey respondents operating in businesses where workplace exposure standards are not required, or due to a genuine unawareness of the workplace exposure standards. Given the business survey was circulated specifically to businesses that were registered on relevant hazardous chemical subscriber mailing lists; it is assumed that the latter is more
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