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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.
26 October 2021 |
Guidance materials
This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to nickel.
Nickel (CAS 7440-02-0) is a hard, silver-white metal that exists naturally in the earth’s crust. It’s in small amounts in food, water, air and soil.
The main uses of nickel are…
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Page last updated: 05 May 2022
19 February 2020 |
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Cobalt (CAS 7440-48-4; Co) is a grey metal that exists in a number of oxidation states, including divalent (Co[II]) and trivalent (Co[III]) oxidation states.
Examples of work activities involving cobalt and its compounds that may require special…
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Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
20 March 2020 |
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to inorganic mercury.
We use mercury in batteries, instruments like thermometers, floodlights, streetlights, manufacturing and to mine gold and silver ores. Exposure can happen when we…
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Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
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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Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
14 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide is for people conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) with workers who may e exposed to hazardous chemicals.
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Page last updated: 17 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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Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
18 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
The guide provides registered medical practitioners with practical guidance on requirements under the model work health and safety laws for health monitoring of workers exposed to crystalline silica.
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Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
19 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
The guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to asbestos.
Examples of work with asbestos include:
removing asbestos and demolition work
maintenance workers like electricians, computer cabling installers and air-conditioning…
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Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
26 October 2021 |
Guidance materials
This guide helps doctors to monitor the health of workers exposed to organophosphate pesticides.
Organophosphate (OPs) insecticides are widely used on a large variety of crops. Examples of work activities involving OPs include:
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
20 March 2020 |
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This guide helps doctors monitor the health of workers exposed to methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK).
MIBK (CAS 108-10-1) is a colourless, flammable liquid with a sweet smell that is moderately soluble in water.
We use MIBK in making paints, rubbers,…
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