Working from home - Managing risks
Managing risks You must eliminate or minimise health and safety risks at work, so far as is reasonably practicable, including when workers are working from home. Common hazards workers may be exposed to when working from home include: poor workstation set …
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Occupational lung diseases - Monitor and review
… health monitoring or air monitoring suggests your current controls are not adequate before making a change at your … eliminate and control risks and monitor and review controls) consult with your workers create new control … health monitoring or air monitoring suggests your current controls are not adequate before making a change at your …
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Carcinogens - Managing risks
… . You use this information to choose the right controls to stop or reduce risk. Manage the risk If you identify a risk, there is a hierarchy of controls you can use to manage the risk. First, consider if … outlined below. SUBSTITUTION, ISOLATION AND ENGINEERING CONTROLS – you might: substitute chemicals – for example, …
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Occupational lung diseases - Managing risks
… selecting and implementing measures using the hierarchy of controls (Figure 1). Figure 1. The hierarchy of control measures Substitution Substitution controls involve replacing the hazard with something safer. Examples of substitution controls can include: using products or materials with lower …
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Remote and isolated work - Managing risks
Managing risks As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have specific duties to manage the risks of remote and isolated work. The risk management process involves: identifying hazards assessing the associated risks implementing …
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Managing the risks from air pollution: Advice for PCBUs Your duty to manage risks from air pollution The model WHS laws require you to manage WHS risks at your workplace, including from air pollution. The model WHS Act requires you to ensure, so …
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Fatigue - Managing risks
… necessary if you are dealing with a known risk, with known controls. Control the risks You must eliminate the risk of … than others and you may need to implement a combination of controls to manage the risks of fatigue so far as is … necessary if you are dealing with a known risk, with known controls. Control the risks You must eliminate the risk of …
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Working in heat - Managing risks
… are high. Substitution, isolation and engineering controls should then be considered. Substitute the hazard … separate workers from hot machinery, and Engineering controls , such as setting up shade tents and using … are high. Substitution, isolation and engineering controls should then be considered. Substitute the hazard …
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Traffic management - Managing risks
… for traffic management risks As a PCBU, when implementing controls, the first thing that should be considered is … the workplace. Substitution, isolation and engineering controls should then be considered. For example: … from vehicles by using overhead walkways, and engineering controls, such as fitting vehicles with devices such as …
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Working in heat - Frequently asked questions
… assessments and put control measures in place. Potential controls include: scheduling work to cooler parts of the … likelihood and severity of the risk. If the risks and controls are already well known you may not need to do a risk … possible, consider substitution, isolation and engineering controls. For example: substitute the hazard for something …