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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.
09 June 2022 |
Guidance materials
An industrial rope access system is a work positioning system used for gaining access to, and working at, a workface, usually through vertically suspended ropes.
The guide provides information on managing the risks associated with industrial rope access…
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Page last updated: 15 Jun 2022
19 March 2020 |
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Information on how to manage the risks associated with amusement devices and passenger ropeways at a workplace.
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Page last updated: 06 Jun 2022
07 June 2018 |
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This guide was developed and published prior to amendments to the model WHS Regulations in 2022. The guide is an archived document and is provided for background only. The guide may be useful background information to understand psychosocial hazards and…
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Page last updated: 06 Jun 2022
19 March 2020 |
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This guide provides information on managing the risks with scaffolds and scaffolding at the workplace.
This guide is supported by specific guidance material for:
suspended (swing stage) scaffolds
scaffold inspection and maintenance …
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Page last updated: 03 May 2022
09 March 2012 |
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This guide helps major hazard facilities (MHF) operators prepare a safety case for their MHF. The regulator will ask for this when the operator applies for an MHF license.
A safety case is written information about the hazards and risks that could lead…
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Page last updated: 02 Dec 2021
09 March 2012 |
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This guide is about safety management systems (SMS) for major hazard facilities (MHF). It covers what an SMS must have to meet the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations.
An SMS is a comprehensive and integrated system to help manage health and…
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
09 March 2012 |
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This guide gives major hazard facility (MHF) operators information on how to prove their safety case can achieve safe operation of their facility.
The regulator will ask for this demonstration when you apply for an MHF license.
This guide will help …
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
09 March 2012 |
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This guide is for major hazard facility (MHF) operators on how to conduct a safety assessment of hazards and risks that might lead to a major incident at an MHF.
The safety assessment will help MHF operators understand all health and safety risks that …
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
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This guide is to help major hazard facility (MHF) operators provide information to the local community and authorities about their MHF. It should include what the community should do if a major incident occurs at the facility.
This guide helps …
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
09 March 2012 |
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This guide gives major hazard facility (MHF) operators information on the notification and determination processes towards becoming an MHF.
Operators must notify the regulator about Schedule 15 chemicals that are at or might be at the facility. The…
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