09 June 2022 |
Guidance materials
An industrial rope access system is a work positioning system used for gaining access to, and working at, a workface, usually through vertically suspended ropes.
The guide provides information on managing the risks associated with industrial rope access…
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- Personal protective equipment
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Working at heights
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 30 Jun 2022
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information on managing risks associated with tree trimming and removal work, includes:
lopping
pruning
trimming
repairing
maintaining
removing amenity trees
wood chipping
stump…
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- Electrical safety
- Working at heights
- Plant, equipment and structures
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 2022
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 …
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- 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
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 ‘…
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- 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
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
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 |
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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- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 06 Dec 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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- Cargo handling
- Hazard surveillance research
- Hazardous chemicals
- Stevedoring
- Cargo handling
- Supply chains and networks
- Hazardous chemicals
- Research and studies
- Safety by industry and business
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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- Asbestos
- Hazard surveillance research
- Occupational disease research
- Occupational lung disease
- Research and studies
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
- Workers
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