Fatigue - Overview
Overview What is fatigue? Fatigue is more than feeling sleepy, tired and drowsy – it harms workers’ health and reduces their ability to work safely. Fatigue impacts: physical abilities like coordination, strength and reaction time mental and cognitive …
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Fatigue - Resources
Resources Safe Work Australia resources Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work Managing fatigue small business fact sheet Managing fatigue worker fact sheet Fatigue: a WHS issue infographic Related information Psychosocial hazards …
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Sitting and standing WHS duties Everyone in the workplace has WHS duties under the model WHS Act . You have specific duties if you are: a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) a principal contractor a designer, manufacturer, importer, …
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Mining Inherent risks associated with mining Inherent risks associated with working in the mining industry include: body stressing, manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders slips trips and falls being hit by moving objects or machinery working …
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Migrant and multicultural workers - Resources
Resources Work health and safety in Australia information sheet Work health and safety in Australia information sheet - Arabic Work health and safety in Australia information sheet - Burmese Work health and safety in Australia information sheet - Dari …
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Workplace violence and aggression - Resources
Resources Preventing workplace violence and aggression guide Workplace violence and aggression – guidance for small business Workplace violence and aggression – advice for workers Family and domestic violence at the workplace – information sheet …
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Sexual and gender-based harassment - Resources
Resources Safe Work Australia resources Model WHS Regulations Model Code of Practice: Sexual and gender-based harassment Model Code of Practice: Managing psychosocial hazards at work Influencing positive change and accountability: Sexual harassment at …
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Bullying - Managing risks
Managing risks You must treat the risk of bullying just as you would any other workplace hazard. This means applying a risk management approach to eliminate or minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable. The risk management process involves: …
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Workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica What is RCS? Crystalline silica is found in sand, stone, concrete and mortar. It is also used to make a variety of products, including engineered stone for kitchen and bathroom benchtops, …
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Silica - What is crystalline silica
What is crystalline silica There are crystalline and non-crystalline (amorphous) forms of silica, which refers to how the silica is chemically structured. Crystalline silica is generally considered more hazardous than non-crystalline silica. The most …