Safe design - Overview
Overview The benefits of safe design include: stopping people getting sick or hurt making products, systems and facilities more usable improving productivity saving costs. Using products with safe design helps businesses: know and manage how much …
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Identify, assess and control hazards - WHS duties
WHS duties Duty to manage WHS risks You must manage WHS risks if you are: a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) a designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier or installer of plant, substance, or structure an officer, such as a company …
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Information on hazardous chemical labels Requirements for hazardous chemical labels Classification information must be presented on the hazardous chemical’s label. Australia uses the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling of …
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Quad bikes - Overview
Overview Quad bikes are a leading cause of worker injury and death in the agriculture industry . Before using a quad bike, make sure you understand how to use it safely. WHS duties Everyone in the workplace has WHS duties under the model WHS Act …
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Explosives regulation reform Current status of explosive regulations in Australia Each state, territory and the Commonwealth regulate explosives in their local areas. In 2018, work health and safety (WHS) ministers agreed in principle to consider making …
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Concrete pumping - 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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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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Electrical safety - Overview
… that use corrosive substances commercial kitchens manufacturing environments. There are extra WHS duties if … that use corrosive substances commercial kitchens manufacturing environments. There are extra WHS duties if …
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Health care and social assistance - WHS duties
WHS duties 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 of plant, substances or structures an officer. The model WHS …
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Electrical safety - 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 designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier and installer of plant, substances or …