Concrete pumping - Managing risks
… or trapping workers when moving the pump Use engineering controls – for example, fitting vehicles with reversing … If a risk remains, minimise it using: administrative controls – for example, schedule concrete pumping work to … or trapping workers when moving the pump Use engineering controls – for example, fitting vehicles with reversing …
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Airborne contaminants - WHS duties for airborne contaminants
… through the application of basic, well-known exposure controls . This could include controls such as eliminating the process that is causing the … dusts, gases, fumes and vapours. Examples of elimination controls can include: using products or materials that don’t …
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Elevating work platforms - Managing risks
… workers aren’t near the EWP use engineering controls, such as fitting the EWP with sensing devices to … collisions To minimise risk further, use: administrative controls, like training, instruction, supervision and … control is not sufficient to minimise the risks. All controls should be monitored and reviewed to ensure they …
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Workplace violence and aggression - Managing risks
Managing risks You must eliminate or minimise the health and safety risks of workplace violence and aggression so far as is reasonably practicable. This process is known as risk management and involves: identifying the hazards assessing the associated …
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) - Overview
… used: as a last resort as an interim measure when other controls are being reviewed or checked , or as a back-up for higher level controls. Paying for PPE The PCBU can purchase and give a … used: as a last resort as an interim measure when other controls are being reviewed or checked , or as a back-up for …
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Inadequate reward and recognition Inadequate reward and recognition means there is an imbalance between the effort workers put in and the recognition or reward they get. Reward and recognition can be formal or informal. It is more than not winning an …
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Safe design - Managing risks
Managing risks As a PCBU, you have duties under WHS laws if you manage, control or change a product’s design. Part of those duties is to identify hazards and manage risks in the design, from concept and throughout the product’s lifecycle. The model …
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Forestry work - WHS duties
WHS duties WHS duties The model WHS Regulations have duties that apply to forestry work. This includes managing risks of powered mobile plant, hazardous manual tasks and falls from height. As a PCBU, you must, so far as is reasonably practicable: …
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Poor organisational justice Poor organisational justice means a lack of: procedural justice (e.g. fair decision making processes) informational fairness (e.g. keeping everyone up to date and in the loop), or interpersonal fairness (e.g. treating people …
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Harmful behaviours Harmful behaviours can harm the person they are directed at and anyone who witnesses the behaviour. They include: violence and aggression bullying harassment, including sexual and gender-based harassment , racism , ablism, agism, and …