24 February 2021 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace.
Use this…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazardous chemical registers
- Hazardous chemicals
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Lead
- Model WHS Laws
- Registers, manifests and placards
- Risk management
- Safety data sheets
- Hazardous chemicals
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 04 May 2022
03 February 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) involving the supply of workers (labour hire PCBUs) to work for another business or undertaking (host PCBUs) on complying with their health and safety duties under…
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- Labour hire
- Law and regulation
- Model WHS Laws
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 26 Apr 2022
12 January 2018 |
Statistical reports
This report provides statistics about workers' compensation claims in Australia.
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- Disease and injury data
- Disease and injury data by industry
- Disease and injury data by occupation
- Disease and injury data by type
- Fatality statistics
- Statistics
- Workers' compensation
- Safety by industry and business
- Statistics
- Workers
Page last updated: 25 Feb 2022
21 December 2018 |
Statistical reports
This report provides statistics about workers’ compensation claims in Australia.
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- Disease and injury data
- Disease and injury data by industry
- Disease and injury data by occupation
- Disease and injury data by type
- Fatality statistics
- Statistics
- Workers' compensation
Page last updated: 25 Feb 2022
10 January 2020 |
Statistical reports
This report includes data broken down by sex, age, occupation, industry, nature of injury or disease, mechanism of injury or disease, and bodily location of the injury or disease.
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- Disease and injury data
- Disease and injury data by industry
- Disease and injury data by occupation
- Disease and injury data by type
- Fatality statistics
- Statistics
- Workers' compensation
- Safety by industry and business
- Statistics
- Workers
Page last updated: 25 Feb 2022
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.
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- 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
20 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide if you manage chemical carcinogens in the workplace. It provides information on how to manage health and safety risks. It may also be useful if you use, handle, store, manufacture, store or dispose of chemical carcinogens in the workplace.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
21 November 2014 |
Reports
The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazard surveillance research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Hazardous chemicals
- Research and studies
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
21 November 2014 |
Reports
The issue
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of chemical compounds formed during the incomplete combustion of organic material. Some PAHs are considered to be carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer but limited…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazard surveillance research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- Research and studies
- Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
21 November 2014 |
Reports
The Australian Work Exposures Study (AWES) was a national survey conducted by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR) in 2011–12 that investigated work-related exposures among Australian workers to 38 known or suspected carcinogens.…
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- Carcinogens
- Hazard surveillance research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Lead
- Research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Managing health and safety
- Research and studies
- Workers
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021