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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.

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Managing the relationship with an injured or ill worker during return to work: A guide for supervisors in small and medium businesses
02 November 2022 |
Resources
Small and medium businesses face complex challenges when their workers suffer a workplace injury or illness.  This guide is designed to assist supervisors support and stay in touch with injured or ill workers and make changes to the workplace and/or work…
Document
  • Return to work
  • Workers' compensation
  • Small business
Page last updated: 07 Feb 2023
Managing the risk of a fall
15 September 2022 |
Infographic
Working at heights is a high risk activity and a leading cause of death and serious injury in Australia. As a person conducting a business or undertaking, you must eliminate the risk of a fall. If elimination isn’t possible, you must provide adequate…
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  • National Safe Work Month
  • Working at heights
  • Agriculture
  • Construction
  • Major hazard facilities
  • Officer duties
  • Public administration and safety
  • Small business
  • Plant, equipment and structures
Page last updated: 19 Sep 2022
Preventing workplace violence – information sheet for small business
05 February 2021 |
Information sheet
This information sheet provides simple and practical guidance to support small business meet their work health and safety (WHS) duties to manage health and safety risks from workplace violence and aggression.  
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  • Identify, assess and control hazards
  • Mental health
  • Model WHS Laws
  • Risk management
  • Workplace violence
  • Small business
Page last updated: 01 Aug 2022
Managing risks of methyl bromide 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 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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  • Cargo handling
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
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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  • Cargo handling
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
Hazard surveillance: Residual chemicals in shipping containers
19 December 2012 |
Reports
Several European studies have reported high levels of residual chemical levels in sealed shipping containers. The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service found similar results when testing containers in Australia. These findings raise potential…
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  • Cargo handling
  • Hazard surveillance research
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Stevedoring
  • Cargo handling
  • Supply chains and networks
  • Hazardous chemicals
  • Research and studies
  • Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021