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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.
In March 2024 Safe Work Australia commissioned the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University to undertake a literature review on harmful behaviours in the workplace. The review undertook research on the prevention and management…
Section 15(3) of the Public Service Act 1999 requires that agencies establish written procedures for determining whether an APS employee, or a former APS employee, in the Agency has breached the Code of Conduct and the sanction (if any) that is to be…
Controlling psychosocial risksIn deciding how to control psychosocial risks, you must consider:the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of workers and other persons to the psychosocial hazardshow the psychosocial hazards may interact or…
Effective consultation with workers improves decision-making about health and safety matters and assists in reducing work-related injuries and illness. Workers can identify tasks or aspects of their work that cause or expose them to psychosocial…
Myths about psychosocial hazardsWorkers need to be tougherWorkers need to change how they react to the problemLet’s just run resilience trainingFact about psychosocial hazards
You must provide your workers with information, training and instruction or supervision to help them stay safe at work. New and inexperienced workers are particularly at risk.Support your workers by:
A psychosocial hazard is anything that could cause psychological harm (e.g. harm to someone’s mental health) however they can also cause physical harm. Psychosocial hazards are created by:
Myth: "Young workers don’t get serious injuries at work".Fact: "in 2021-22p, young workers up to 34 years made 44,000 serious workers’ compensation claims, which was 34.4% of all serious claims for that year".
Worker Wednesday – Proactively managing WHS risksHow can you be involved?Share your ideas on hazards and risks at work.Suggest how the risks could be controlled.Let your supervisors know if a control isn’t working.