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Know your duties - a tool for working safely
This tool provides information about duties under the model WHS laws, including duties for PCBUs and workers in the agriculture industry, how to meet these duties, and hazards you may face working in agriculture.
28 June 2022 |
Reports
This report investigates whether a short term exposure limit (STEL) should be implemented to complement the workplace exposure standard (WES) of 0.05 mg/m3 for respirable crystalline silica. A STEL is a maximum airborne concentration that a worker can be…
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28 June 2022 |
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This report investigates the challenges of measuring airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in Australian workplaces at and below 0.02 mg/m3.
The report found that at low airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica the…
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05 April 2022 |
Fact sheets
This fact sheet provides information for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) who are working as part of a contractual chain.
A contractual chain refers to the situation where, in relation to the same project or work matter, there are…
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21 September 2021 |
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Use this guide if you manage risks to workers exposed to diesel exhaust at the workplace, including:
drive-in booth operators
miners
construction workers
oil and gas workers
forklift drivers
loading dock workers …
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06 September 2021 |
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This document outlines the chemicals that will be added to and removed from the workplace exposure standards (WES) list.
You can also see the:
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16 April 2021 |
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This checklist helps you put in place traffic control measures in your workplace.
This checklist is part of a collection with:
Information Sheet – Traffic Management
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21 March 2020 |
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This document outlines the criteria for how to find hazardous chemicals that could be added to or removed from the workplace exposure standards (WES) list.
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19 March 2020 |
Reports
This report provides detailed information about:
the views and behaviours of manufacturers and installers of natural and composite stone benchtops
insights about workers' awareness of the health and safety risks of workplace dust
The small scale of the…
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18 February 2020 |
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to isocyanates.
Isocyanates are a group of highly reactive, organic compounds of the formula R-N=C=O.
Examples of work with isocyanates include work where you release isocyanates as…
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11 November 2019 |
Regulatory impact statement
This decision regulation impact statement (decision RIS) is about the framework for workplace exposure standards under the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws and how it should be kept up to date.
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01 August 2018 |
Regulatory impact statement
Consultation regulation impact statement for the workplace exposure standards.
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14 June 2018 |
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This document outlines the criteria to assign a skin notation to a chemical.
A skin notation (Sk) is an advisory notation to the workplace exposure standards (WES).
This Sk notation alerts you to the risk of chemicals being absorbed through the skin…
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