18 February 2022 |
Guidance materials
This guide explains what you must do to keep your workers safe from the risks of respirable crystalline silica (silica dust).
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- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Health, illness and disease
Page last updated: 24 Jun 2022
30 June 2020 |
Guidance materials
This Italian translated guide helps a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) protect its workers from the risks of working with silica and silica containing products.
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- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 22 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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- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Health monitoring
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide to manage risks with split rims. You should use this general guide if your workplace:
fits split rim tyres
repairs vehicles or machinery with split rim tyres.
Split rim tyres include a divided wheel, a multi-piece rim, or a multi-…
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- Safe design
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Managing health and safety
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 26 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This handbook provides guidance on good work design. It includes the 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry.
You can apply the principles to designing:
structures, plant and substances
work, work processes and systems…
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- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Sitting and standing
- Sedentary work
- Safe design
- Good work design
- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
- Health, illness and disease
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 28 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information on managing risks associated with steel erection work including:
who has responsibilities at the design and planning stage?
when steel erection work is classed as high risk construction work. …
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- Safe design
- Cranes
- Working at heights
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 22 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
The following guidance material provides information on the safe design, manufacture, import and supply of plant.
Supporting Information
Guide to manufacturing safe plant
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- Safe design
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Plant design, supply and registration
- Plant, equipment and structures
Page last updated: 22 Sep 2021
20 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide to manage the risks of machinery, vehicles and other types of plant used in rural workplaces.
The guide includes information on:
using plant in rural workplaces
selecting the most suitable vehicle for your needs, and …
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- Safe design
- Quad bikes
- Plant design, supply and registration
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 22 Sep 2021
20 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information about managing the risks of using quad bikes in rural workplaces, including:
determining farm vehicle needs
identifying other options to find the most suitable farm vehicles.
Prevention of…
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- Safe design
- Quad bikes
- Plant design, supply and registration
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 21 Sep 2021