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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.
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing risks associated with excavation work.
This Code applies to all types of excavation work, including:
bulk excavations more than 1.5 metres deep
trenches
shafts
tunnels.
Excavation…
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Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
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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Page last updated: 04 May 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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Page last updated: 27 Jan 2022
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
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.
This study was…
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
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
15 March 2012 |
Reports
Biological hazards are organic substances that pose a threat to the health of humans and other living organisms. They include pathogenic micro-organisms, viruses (e.g. Hepatitis, HIV, avian flu, Q-fever), toxins, spores, fungi and bio-active substances.…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
15 March 2012 |
Reports
This report provides a profile of the occupational and demographic characteristics of workers who reported dermal (or skin) exposure to chemicals at work, as well as the types of controls with which respondents reported they were provided in the workplace…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
05 September 2014 |
Guidance materials
This Guide provides information on managing the risks of unauthorised persons working near low voltage overhead service lines near structures and buildings.
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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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