Personal protective equipment (PPE) - How personal protective equipment helps to manage risks
How personal protective equipment helps to manage risks PPE can be uncomfortable and could cause health and safety risks if it isn’t used correctly. Problems when using PPE Not wearing or using PPE properly can have serious consequences. A worker who …
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Working in heat - Resources
Resources Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks. model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities . Guide for managing the risks of working in heat . Worker Representation and Participation Guide …
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Fatigue - Resources
Resources Safe Work Australia resources Guide for managing the risk of fatigue at work Work-related fatigue and job design Fatigue management – a worker’s guide Other resources WorkSafe Queensland Preventing and managing fatigue related risk on the …
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Noise - Managing risks
Managing risks Identifying unsafe noise and managing it is a work health and safety duty for a PCBU. If you have identified unsafe noise at your workplace, you must do everything you can to reduce the risk of workers being exposed. You can find out …
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Fatigue - Managing risks
Managing risks How to manage fatigue risks To manage the risks of fatigue in the workplace, you should: Identify hazards assess risks , if necessary control risks , and review hazards and control measures to ensure they’re working as planned. …
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Elevating work platforms - Managing risks
Managing risks Identifying hazards with elevating work platforms If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must identify hazards and assess and control risks at your workplace, including risks relating to the use of EWPs. To do …
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Identify, assess and control hazards - Managing risks
Managing risks Eliminating the risk is the best control. If you can’t, you must minimise the risk so far as is reasonably practicable. The hierarchy of control measures assists duty holders to select the highest control measures to effectively manage …
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Working in heat - Managing risks
Managing risks You have specific duties if you are: a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer of plant, substances or structures an officer. The model WHS Regulations have duties …
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Working in heat - Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions Is there a maximum temperature where workers are required to stop work? No. A single ‘stop work’ temperature can’t account for all the factors that make working in heat hazardous, including: humidity air flow physical …
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Elevating work platforms - WHS duties
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, supplier and installer …