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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
23 November 2016 |
Reports
Why has this research been done?
Sickness absence and presenteeism have a direct impact on organisation productivity
Previous research has indicated that Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) and the psychological health outcomes of depression,…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
29 August 2016 |
Reports
Why has this research been done?
Two important aspects of safety climate are management safety empowerment and management safety justice, which are the perceived degree to which employers respectively empower their workers to influence aspects of their…
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Page last updated: 09 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
23 November 2016 |
Reports
Why has this research been done?
To better understand the prevalence of workplace bullying and harassment in Australian workplaces and to identify workplace risk factors associated with the occurrence of bullying and harassment.
What did we find?…
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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 July 2013 |
Statistical reports
The report 'The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying' describes the early findings from a project conducted as a partnership between Safe Work Australia and The Australian National University.
The report…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 July 2013 |
Statistical reports
The report The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depres
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
15 July 2015 |
Reports
How businesses and workers gain access to work health and safety information has been identified as an area of interest in the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022 under the action area of Health and safety capabilities: Improved work…
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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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