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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
28 July 2021 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines ways volunteer can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the organisations they volunteer…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
09 November 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information for anyone operating a business or undertaking on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to organisations that engage volunteers.
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
06 November 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines how a volunteer can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information on how the model work health and safety (WHS) laws apply to volunteers. It outlines how volunteers can meet their work health and safety duties and explains what volunteers can expect from the organisations they volunteer…
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Page last updated: 28 Apr 2022
19 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
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
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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Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
09 July 2012 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide to manage the risks of isocyanates at your workplace.
Isocyanates are hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing materials, like:
polyurethane foams
rubbers
plastics
varnishes
adhesives
paints. …
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Page last updated: 07 Mar 2022
20 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
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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