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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.
14 November 2022 |
Statistical reports
The Work-related traumatic injury fatalities, Australia 2021 report provides national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured at work. This report does not include fatalities that occurred while the worker was commuting to or from work (…
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02 November 2022 |
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Small and medium businesses face complex challenges when their workers suffer a workplace injury or illness. This guide is designed to assist supervisors support and stay in touch with injured or ill workers and make changes to the workplace and/or work…
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17 February 2022 |
The methodological report supports the 2021 National Return to Work summary report and details the methodology followed in the compilation of the 2021 National Return to Work Survey.
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17 February 2022 |
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This summary presents highlights from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey including key metrics, insights and time series data. The summary also includes a section on COVID-19 and its impact on recovery and return to work.
The National Return to Work…
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06 December 2021 |
Statistical reports
This report provides a summary of key measures from the 2021 National Return to Work Survey – the ‘returned to work rate’ and the ‘current return to work rate’.
The National Return to Work Survey measures outcomes of ill and injured workers receiving…
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15 November 2021 |
Statistical reports
Work-related traumatic injury fatalities Australia 2020 report provides national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured at work. This report does not include fatalities that occurred while the worker was commuting to or from work (…
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15 November 2021 |
Statistical reports
Safe Work Australia’s statistical reports released in 2021 mark the first time the data reference year includes periods when Australia was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The wide reach of the pandemic and the different public health and economic…
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26 October 2021 |
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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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26 October 2021 |
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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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14 October 2021 |
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As part of the first phase of national initiatives under the National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030 Safe Work Australia commissioned this independent research report from Griffith University.
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06 July 2021 |
Reports
The key achievements and scorecard report [LINK] captures baseline national measures based on the Measurement Framework as we strive towards achieving the National Return to Work Strategy 2020-2030 vision and outcomes over the 10-years.
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27 May 2021 |
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This framework provides practical and evidence-based guidance to assist workers' compensation insurers and claims managers to better support workers with a psychological injury.
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