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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.
05 April 2023 |
Statistical reports
The report compares survey data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics with SWA’s National dataset for compensation-based statistics and findings from our Safer, healthier, wealthier research.
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Page last updated: 05 Apr 2023
07 November 2022 |
Statistical reports
The report was updated 17 January 2023. The update affected page 11 of the report only.
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Page last updated: 18 Jan 2023
05 December 2022 |
Statistical reports
The Australian workers’ compensation statistics (AWCS) report provides detailed statistics about workers’ compensation claims that were lodged in Australia between 2000–01 and 2020–21, including preliminary data for 2020–21 and trend analysis to 2019–20…
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Page last updated: 05 Dec 2022
05 December 2022 |
Infographic
This infographic provides statistics about workers’ compensation claims in Australia.
The Australian Workers’ Compensation Statistics (AWCS) report provides detailed statistics about workers’ compensation claims that were lodged in Australia between…
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Page last updated: 05 Dec 2022
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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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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Page last updated: 24 Nov 2022
25 October 2021 |
Statistical reports
This includes trends, gender and age comparisons, and industry and occupation breakdowns for work health and safety and serious workers’ compensation claims in Australia.
The costs of work-related injuries and diseases are not included in Key Work Health…
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Page last updated: 01 Nov 2022
01 March 2004 |
Resources
Erratum (June 2009)
Type of Occurrence Classification System 3rd Edition, Revision 1
The following errors have been found in the printed copy of the current manual.
These errors have been corrected in the current web PDF version of the publication…
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Page last updated: 06 Oct 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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Page last updated: 23 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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