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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.
01 May 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons who have duties to manage risks to health and safety under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. The duty is placed on persons conducting a business…
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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
01 November 2013 |
Guidance materials
This Guide provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking and other duty holders on how to manage fatigue to ensure it does not contribute to health and safety risks in the workplace.
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Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
01 November 2013 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides practical guidance for workers on how to manage fatigue to ensure it does not contribute to health and safety risks in the workplace.
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Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
10 November 2020 |
Statistical reports
This includes trends, gender and age comparisons, and industry and occupation breakdowns for work health and safety and serious workers’ compensation claims in Australia.
The costs of work-related injuries and diseases are not included in Key Work Health…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
29 October 2015 |
Statistical reports
The purpose of this study is to update the estimated cost of work-related injury and illness to Australian employers, workers and the community.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
13 October 2021 |
This report provides a snapshot of COVID-19 related workers’ compensation claims from 1 January to 31 December 2020.
The report uses preliminary data from Commonwealth, state and territory workers’ compensation authorities and details claims by type,…
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Page last updated: 05 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
Biomechanical demands such as repetitive hand or arm movements, lifting heavy loads or working in awkward postures contribute to the development or worsening of inflammatory or degenerative musculoskeletal disorders. However, little is known about…
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Page last updated: 29 Sep 2021
13 May 2021 |
Statistical reports
This report provides an overview of COVID-19 related workers’ compensation claims data as at 31 July 2020. Data is broken down by claim type, industry, occupation, age and jurisdiction.
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Page last updated: 18 Aug 2021
04 October 2016 |
Video and audio
In this seminar, Dr Carmel Harrington and Professor Drew Dawson examine why fatigue management is important from both a worker and a business perspective and what businesses and workers can do to manage the risks caused by fatigue in the workplace.
Video
Page last updated: 16 Nov 2021
Video and audio
Today’s society is increasingly focused on a 24/7 economy and the expectations on people to work at all hours of the day have increased.
Research shows that shift work and irregular or long working hours, can adversely affect the health, safety and…
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