01 October 2015 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage diesel exhaust exposures at the workplace.
Exposure to diesel exhaust can cause eye, nose, throat and lung irritation, and suffocation. Long-term exposure can:
worsen allergies
increase the risk of heart and lung disease…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 27 Apr 2022
26 October 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide is for workers who use hazardous chemicals.
It explains what you and the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) responsible for your workplace must do to monitor your health and keep you as safe as possible.
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Health monitoring
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
10 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
Hazardous chemicals requiring health monitoring and examples of chemicals to consider for health monitoring.
The information in this guidance is taken from regulation 436 (asbestos) and Schedule 14 of the model WHS Regulations.
Hazardous chemicals…
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Health monitoring
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
15 July 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide is intended for small to medium business owners who use and store flammable liquids in their workplace. It explains the risks posed by flammable liquids, and guides readers through a process of identifying, assessing and managing those risks.
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- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage cyanide in the workplace.
Exposure to cyanide can cause cyanide poisoning to workers who store, handle and use cyanide.
Supporting Information
model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the…
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- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage foundry work in the workplace.
Foundry work involves casting molten metal into a mould. It presents a range of work health and safety risks that need to be managed.
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- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
05 September 2014 |
Guidance materials
This Guide provides information on managing the risks of unauthorised persons working near low voltage overhead service lines near structures and buildings.
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- Cranes
- Electrical safety
- Excavation
- Health and wellbeing
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021