Occupational lung diseases - Overview
Overview To protect workers from breathing in hazardous substances, you must identify if there are any respiratory hazards at your workplace. Respiratory hazards can look different in every workplace, and might include: Silica dust from fabrication, …
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Poor organisational change management Poor organisational change management means changes that are poorly planned, communicated, supported or managed. It is more than an unpopular change at work. Poor change management becomes a hazard when it is severe …
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Lack of role clarity Lack of role clarity means workers aren’t clear on their job, responsibilities or what is expected. This may happen when they aren’t given the right information or things keep changing. It is more than sometimes being given a complex …
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… smoke hazards and the risks to your workers. Identify controls to put in place to protect your workers from … when there is bushfire smoke poster. When introducing controls into the workplace, you must be aware that they can … medical attention by calling 000. Implement identified controls, such as: Rescheduling outdoor work where …
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Quad bikes - Managing risks
Managing risks Quad bikes are hazardous for people who operate them and work near them. You must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or minimise risks associated with using quad bikes. This involves: identifying hazards—find out what could …
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Traffic management - Resources
Resources Workplace traffic management guidance material model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks model Code of Practice: Construction work State and territory resources New South Wales Contact Transport for NSW Traffic …
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Poor support Poor support means not getting enough support from supervisors or other workers, or not having the resources needed to do the job well. It is more than having to wait for someone to get out of a meeting to answer a non-urgent question. Poor …
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Traumatic events or materials Witnessing, investigating or being exposed to traumatic events or materials is a psychosocial hazard. Something is more likely to be traumatic when it is unexpected, seems uncontrollable or is caused by intentional cruelty. …
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Transport 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 …
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Manufacturing Manufacturing work Manufacturing includes a range of sub-industries. For example, manufacturing of: food and beverages textiles, leather, clothing and footwear wood, pulp, paper and converted paper primary and fabricated metal …