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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
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
12 December 2019 |
Reports
This report provides a detailed examination of the causes, impacts and prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs).
It outlines current knowledge of WMSD hazards and risk factors, statistics on incidence and impact, and a review of WMSD…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 September 2011 |
Reports
Safe Work Australia is conducting the Motivations, Attitudes, Perceptions and Skills (MAPS) project to focus attention on the socio-psychological factors that shape organisations’ and individuals’ actions and behaviours and, in turn, influence work health…
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Page last updated: 05 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 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information about managing the risks of trees and vegetation near overhead electric lines.
This document is part of a series which includes specific guidance on: :
scaffolding near overhead electric lines …
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information about managing risks with scaffolding near overhead electric lines.
It is supported by the specific guidance on:
common types of scaffolds and scaffolding
suspended (swing stage) scaffolds …
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
06 July 2021 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information about managing the risks of formwork and falsework.
This document is part of a series which includes:
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
20 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides guidance on managing the risks of crane-lifted work boxes.
It is supported by the general guide to cranes and specific guidance on:
mobile cranes
tower cranes
bridge and gantry cranes
vehicle…
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Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information on managing the risks with bridge and gantry cranes.
Supporting Information
Cranes
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