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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.
06 July 2021 |
Model Codes of Practice
This Code of Practice provides practical advice for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) and other duty holders on managing risks associated with stevedoring. It applies to all workplaces where stevedoring operations are carried out.
This…
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Page last updated: 06 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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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
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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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
07 October 2021 |
Corporate publications
Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 12-002.
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
07 October 2021 |
Corporate publications
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Page last updated: 07 Oct 2021
07 October 2021 |
Corporate publications
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Page last updated: 07 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Corporate publications
Safe Work Australia is subject to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 1982 and is required to have an information publication scheme agency plan under s 8(1) of the FOI Act.
The plan:
lists the information we must publish under section 8(2) of the…
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Page last updated: 20 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
Corporate publications
Schedule of documents released under FOI request: 19-005.
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Page last updated: 20 Sep 2021
19 March 2020 |
Corporate publications
Table of documents released by Safe Work Australia under the Freedom of Information Act. Our ref: 18-007.
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