22 December 2011 |
Legislation
A list of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants and how to meet your duties under the Work Health and Safety Act and Regulations.
Document
- Asbestos
- Carcinogens
- Confined spaces
- Crystalline silica and silicosis
- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 27 Jan 2022
28 August 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice sets out the requirements for how to manage and control asbestos in all workplaces, including when working in residential premises.
This Code is for:
Document
- Managing health and safety
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
01 July 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice sets out the legal duties for licensed and unlicensed asbestos removal.
This Code is for people involved in asbestos removal at work, including at residential premises. It applies if you:
hired someone to remove…
Document
- Asbestos
- Demolition
- Hazardous chemicals
- Licenses
- Model WHS Laws
- Hazardous chemicals
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
01 October 2015 |
Guidance materials
This guide will help you identify low density asbestos fibre board (LDB) and will provide you with information about managing and handling LDB.
You should use this guide if you think you may have LDB in your workplace, are a worker who handles or is…
Document
- Asbestos
- Occupational lung disease
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
01 January 2005 |
Guidance materials
Developed to provide laboratories and analysts with a consistent methodology for the sampling and analysis of airborne asbestos fibres in workplaces.
Document
- Asbestos
- Workplace exposure standards for chemicals
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.
This study was…
Document
- Asbestos
- Hazard surveillance research
- Occupational disease research
- Occupational lung disease
- Research and studies
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
- Workers
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
05 June 2013 |
Fact sheets
This fact sheet will help you understand what is a ‘minor contamination’ of asbestos-containing dust or debris in the workplace.
It should be read together with the relevant model Code of Practices:
Document
- Asbestos
- Occupational lung disease
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 23 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…
Document
- Asbestos
- Health monitoring
- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 17 Nov 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 …
Document
- 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…
Document
- Safe design
- Quad bikes
- Plant design, supply and registration
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 21 Sep 2021