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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: 06 Dec 2021
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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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
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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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
19 September 2012 |
Reports
This report reviews the European Union’s:
European Machinery Directive (2006/42/EC)
Directive on Vibration (2002/44/EC)
It looks at the directives’ requirements and how effective they are.
The report:
considers whether a similar…
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Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Workers using hand-held power tools – such as jack-hammers, chainsaws, grinders, drills, riveters and impact wrenches – may be exposed to harmful levels of hard-arm vibration (HAV).
This information sheet is on how to manage the risk of HAV in the…
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Page last updated: 22 Nov 2021
23 September 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this information sheet if you measure and assess vibration at the workplace.
This information sheet is part of a workplace vibration collection, including:
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Page last updated: 22 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
24 August 2016 |
Statistical reports
This report provides statistics on workers’ compensation claims that involved musculoskeletal disorders.
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
Use this guide to manage risks with tunnelling work, including:
tunnel planning and preparation
air quality and ventilations systems
plant.
This guide is for:
designers
principal contractors
plant designers…
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Page last updated: 01 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Reports
This report provides information on the risks associated with caring for obese and bariatric patients, including:
transporting patients
moving patients
in-home treatment
treatment while in hostel/hospital care.
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