20 March 2020 |
Guide
Use this guide to manage the risks of machinery, vehicles and other types of plant used in rural workplaces.
The guide includes information on:
using plant in rural workplaces
selecting the most suitable vehicle for your needs, and
how…
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- Plant design, supply and registration
- Quad bikes
- Safe design
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 28 Nov 2022
19 March 2020 |
Guide
Use this guide to manage risks with split rims. You should use this general guide if your workplace:
fits split rim tyres
repairs vehicles or machinery with split rim tyres.
Split rim tyres include a divided wheel, a multi-piece rim, or a multi-piece…
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- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safe design
- Managing health and safety
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
19 March 2020 |
Resources
The following guidance material provides information on the safe design, manufacture, import and supply of plant.
Supporting Information
Guide to manufacturing safe plant
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- Plant design, supply and registration
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safe design
- Plant, equipment and structures
Page last updated: 23 Aug 2022
28 August 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice guides you on working in a confined space.
Use this Code of Practice if you:
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- Managing health and safety
Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on:
identifying hazardous manual tasks
assessing the risks that may contribute to a musculoskeletal disorder
eliminating or minimising those risks.
Most jobs involve manual tasks, such as lifting,…
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- Confined spaces
- Lifting, pushing and pulling
- Manual handling
- Model WHS Laws
- Ergonomics
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- The work environment
Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
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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- Bullying
- Confined spaces
- Fatigue
- First aid
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Lifting, pushing and pulling
- Model WHS Laws
- Noise
- Personal protective equipment
- Risk management
- Working in heat
- Managing health and safety
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- The work environment
Page last updated: 18 Aug 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: 18 Aug 2022
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on how to provide and maintain a physical work environment that is without risks to health and safety.
It covers:
the physical work environment, such as workspaces, lighting and ventilation …
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- Confined spaces
- Model WHS Laws
- Remote and isolated work
- Working in heat
- Working in weather
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- The work environment
Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
01 October 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
Use this model Code of Practice if you design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers.
This model Code is also relevant for anyone making…
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- Cranes
- Demolition
- Good work design
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Licenses
- Model WHS Laws
- Safe design
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
Page last updated: 18 Aug 2022
10 November 2014 |
Reports
This study examined 523 worker fatalities for which there was sufficient information on the circumstances to make a judgement on the contribution of unsafe design to the incident.
Of these, 63 fatalities (12%) were determined to have been either…
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- Disease and injury data
- Fatality statistics
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Safe design
- All industries
- Manufacturing
- Plant, equipment and structures
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021