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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Food services - Managing risks
Managing risks Hierarchy of controls The hierarchy of control measures requires that you first aim to eliminate a risk. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate a risk, you must minimise the risk. Use one or more of the following approaches: …
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Accommodation services - Managing risks
Managing risks Hierarchy of controls The hierarchy of control measures requires that you first aim to eliminate a risk. For example, using cordless vacuum cleaners to eliminate an identified trip hazard. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate …
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Emergency plans and procedures Supporting information Emergency plans fact sheet Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities Emergency plan template … Under the model WHS laws, all workplaces must have an emergency plan in …
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Sole traders and small business owners Identifying psychosocial hazards may help you think through how you can best manage risks to your mental health. Often you will already be managing these hazards as part of good business management. For example: …
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Differences between WHS and wellbeing WHS is about preventing workers being harmed at work. Initiatives to improve workers’ wellbeing, (e.g. meditation classes or encouraging healthy eating and regular exercise) can have positive impacts. However, they …
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Agriculture - Managing risks
Managing risks One way to eliminate and manage risks is to use the hierarchy of control measures in this order: Eliminate risks by eliminating hazards; this is the most effective control measure Substitute hazards with something safer, isolate hazards …
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Agriculture - 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 …
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Work-related contact dermatitis - Managing risks
Managing risks Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) (such as a business owner or workplace operator) you have a duty under the model WHS laws to make sure your workplace is safe for …
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Work-related contact dermatitis - Resources
Resources Guidance on the prevention of dermatitis caused by wet work Health and Safety Executive UK work-related skin disease image library Occupational contact Dermatitis in Australia Factors contributing to the development of occupational contact …