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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.
28 June 2022 |
Reports
This report investigates whether a short term exposure limit (STEL) should be implemented to complement the workplace exposure standard (WES) of 0.05 mg/m3 for respirable crystalline silica. A STEL is a maximum airborne concentration that a worker can be…
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Page last updated: 28 Jun 2022
28 June 2022 |
Reports
This report investigates the challenges of measuring airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in Australian workplaces at and below 0.02 mg/m3.
The report found that at low airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica the…
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Page last updated: 28 Jun 2022
23 June 2021 |
Fact sheets
A case study to illustrate an example of managing the risks and implementing control measures in the engineered stone industry that could help protect workers from developing occupational lung diseases.
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Page last updated: 04 May 2022
23 June 2021 |
Fact sheets
A case study to illustrate an example of identifying hazards in the engineered stone industry that could help protect workers from developing occupational lung diseases.
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Page last updated: 04 May 2022
26 October 2021 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides practical information on how to manage health and safety risks associated with respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in your workplace.
Use this model Code of Practice if you are a duty holder and you:
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Page last updated: 10 Mar 2022
17 December 2021 |
Fact sheets
The food delivery industry involves delivery riders picking up food and drinks from restaurants, cafes and other food outlets and delivering them to members of the public. Riders may work for the business that produces the food, or work for a delivery…
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Page last updated: 17 Dec 2021
17 December 2021 |
Fact sheets
A food outlet in the food delivery industry provides food and/or drinks to a delivery rider for delivery to customers. The food outlet may engage the delivery worker directly or use a food delivery platform.
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Page last updated: 17 Dec 2021
17 December 2021 |
Fact sheets
A food delivery platform provides food delivery services marketed to food outlets, usually through a mobile device application. The platform engages delivery riders to deliver food produced by a food outlet.
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Page last updated: 17 Dec 2021
19 February 2016 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet if you, or the workers you manage, unpack shipping containers that have been fumigated with methyl bromide.
Methyl bromide is used as a fumigant to stop pests, like insects, from being imported into Australia.
This…
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
Managing risks of hazardous chemical exposure when unpacking shipping containers – Information sheet
19 February 2016 |
Information sheet
Use this information sheet if you, or the workers you manage, unpack shipping containers.
Shipping containers can have hazardous chemical residues in the air and on surfaces.
Airborne hazardous chemicals are a significant risk to workers’ health and…
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