Fatigue - WHS duties
WHS duties Person conducting a business or undertaking duties A PCBU (usually an employer) is responsible for eliminating or minimising the risk from fatigue at work as much as reasonably can. To do this they should prevent workers becoming fatigued …
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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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Incident notification Notifiable incidents A ‘notifiable incident’ is: the death of a person a ‘serious injury or illness’, or a ‘dangerous incident’ that exposes someone to a serious risk (even if no one is injured) arising out of the conduct of …
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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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Airborne contaminants - Resources
Resources General resources Air monitoring Health monitoring Crystalline silica Asbestos Comparative table Regulation of chemicals in Australia Infographics Harm from airborne contaminants What is an airborne contaminant? Sources of airborne contaminants …
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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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Silica - Silica resources
Silica resources Model Code of Practice: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace The model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace provides practical guidance on …
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Asbestos - Resources
Resources Model Codes of Practice Model Code of Practice: How to safely remove asbestos . Model Code of Practice: How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace Fact sheets and guides Asbestos registers at the workplace guide Asbestos health …
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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 …