09 June 2022 |
Guidance materials
An industrial rope access system is a work positioning system used for gaining access to, and working at, a workface, usually through vertically suspended ropes.
The guide provides information on managing the risks associated with industrial rope access…
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- Personal protective equipment
- Plant, equipment and structures
- Working at heights
- Safety by industry and business
Page last updated: 30 Jun 2022
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This guide provides information on managing risks associated with tree trimming and removal work, includes:
lopping
pruning
trimming
repairing
maintaining
removing amenity trees
wood chipping
stump…
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- Electrical safety
- Working at heights
- Plant, equipment and structures
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 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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- Cranes
- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Model WHS Laws
- Safe design
- Slips, trips and falls
- Working at heights
- Managing health and safety
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 2022
01 October 2018 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on managing the risk of falls in housing construction.
In this model Code, the word:
‘should’ indicates a recommended course of action, and
‘may’ means an optional course of action.
The words ‘…
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- Cranes
- Model WHS Laws
- Slips, trips and falls
- Working at heights
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Jun 2022
20 March 2020 |
Model Codes of Practice
This model Code of Practice provides guidance on how to provide and maintain a physical work environment that is without risks to health and safety.
It covers:
the physical work environment, such as workspaces, lighting and ventilation …
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- Confined spaces
- Model WHS Laws
- Remote and isolated work
- Working in heat
- Working in weather
- Model Work Health and Safety Laws
- The work environment
Page last updated: 06 Dec 2021
24 July 2018 |
Reports
This report offers insights into the behavioural and cultural factors and barriers which impact on the work health and safety practices of farmers.
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- Remote and isolated work
- Research
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
01 November 2013 |
Reports
This project was undertaken by Instinct and Reason Pty Ltd under commission from Safe Work Australia. The report describes the findings of a qualitative research study on the structural metal product manufacturing industry—an industry with a high rate of…
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- Research
- Workers' stories
- Working at heights
- Managing health and safety
- Research and studies
- The work environment
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
18 March 2016 |
Reports
Safe Work Australia’s emerging issues surveillance program identifies new priority issues which can affect workers’ health and safety, and undertakes and disseminates research to investigate these. As part of this program, Safe Work Australia…
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- Ergonomics
- Sedentary work
- Sitting and standing
Page last updated: 09 Nov 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This information sheet provides information on managing the risks associated with working on roofs including:
working at height
roof access
fragile roofs
electricity
manual tasks
falling objects
exposure to heat…
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- Safety by industry and business
- The work environment
Page last updated: 27 Oct 2021
19 March 2020 |
Guidance materials
This handbook provides guidance on good work design. It includes the 10 principles relevant to any workplace, business or industry.
You can apply the principles to designing:
structures, plant and substances
work, work processes and systems…
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- Identify, assess and control hazards
- Sitting and standing
- Sedentary work
- Safe design
- Good work design
- Australian WHS Strategy 2012-2022
- Health, illness and disease
- Managing health and safety
- The work environment
Page last updated: 28 Sep 2021