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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.
24 February 2021 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace.
Use this…
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Page last updated: 04 May 2022
01 July 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice guides you on how to develop a safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical manufactured or imported in Australia for:
use
handling
storage
This Code of Practice also applies if you manufacture or import hazardous…
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Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
19 September 2019 |
Example document type
Use this template to write a hazardous chemicals manifest if your workplace stores hazardous chemicals above the
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Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021
19 September 2019 |
Example document type
This example of a site plan will help you create your own layout showing important areas, such as:
chemical stores
vehicle entry points.
It will help emergency services if they need to attend an emergency situation at your workplace.
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Page last updated: 29 Nov 2021
27 April 2012 |
Fact sheets
This fact sheet is about making a hazardous chemicals register.
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
19 September 2019 |
Example document type
You can use this template to prepare a hazardous chemicals register for all hazardous chemicals stored, handled or used at your workplace.
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
01 February 2010 |
Reports
While the use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, in the past there was widespread use of asbestos in buildings. Construction and maintenance workers may be more likely to be involved in work that can disturb asbestos.
This study was…
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Page last updated: 23 Nov 2021
07 August 2020 |
Reports
The Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) prepared this report, which:
outlines the current landscape of occupational lung diseases in Australia
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Page last updated: 17 Nov 2021
19 March 2012 |
Reports
This report, the first from the occupational skin disease database, can be considered a preliminary description of the working population and substances associated with occupational skin disease in Australia.
It consists of an analysis of 18 years of…
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Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
04 November 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guidance note assists duty holders comply with the requirements for placards and manifests under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations.
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