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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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Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing the risk of a falls by a person from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury.  It applies to all workplaces covered by the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and WHS …
Document
  • Cranes
  • Identify, assess and control hazards
  • Model WHS Laws
  • Safe design
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Working at heights
  • Managing health and safety
  • Model Work Health and Safety Laws
  • The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 2022
Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls in housing construction
01 October 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing the risk of falls in housing construction.  In this model Code, the word:   ‘should’ indicates a recommended course of action, and   ‘may’ means an optional course of action.  The words ‘…
Document
  • Cranes
  • Model WHS Laws
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Working at heights
  • Model Work Health and Safety Laws
  • Safety by industry and business
  • The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 2022
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Australia 2019
12 December 2019 |
Reports
This report provides a detailed examination of the causes, impacts and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs).  It outlines current knowledge of WMSD hazards and risk factors, statistics on incidence and impact, and a review of WMSD…
Document
  • Ergonomics
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)
  • All industries
  • Statistics
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
Formwork and falsework - Information sheet
06 July 2021 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information about managing the risks of formwork and falsework. This document is part of a series which includes: 
Document
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Excavation
  • Construction
Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
Slips and trips fact sheet
19 March 2020 |
Fact sheets
This fact sheet provides information about managing risks from slips and trips. Supporting information Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces
Document
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Ergonomics
  • The work environment
Page last updated: 22 Sep 2021
Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium - Addressing sedentary behaviour- occupational sitting—an emerging workplace health and safety issue
29 June 2021 |
Video and audio
In this seminar, Associate Professor Genevieve Healy discusses research on how sitting and standing habits influence our health and wellbeing; and considers the best changes that desk based workers can make.  Who is this seminar for? This seminar is…
Video
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)
Page last updated: 04 Nov 2021