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 and …
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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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Working in heat - Resources
Resources Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks. Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities . Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work Guide for managing the risks of working in …
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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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Working in heat - Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions Is there a maximum temperature where workers are required to stop work? No. A single ‘stop work’ temperature can’t account for all the factors that make working in heat hazardous, including: humidity air flow physical …
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Health care and social assistance Supporting information model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of fatigue at work Australian Radiation …
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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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Cranes A crane is a plant item used to: raise or lower a load move a load horizontally. Cranes can be: fixed (tower, bridge, gantry, portal boom and vessel-mounted) mobile (slewing, non-slewing and vehicle loading). Some powered mobile …
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COVID-19 - Managing risks
Managing risks Working through the risk management process can help you to assess the risks of COVID-19 at your workplace and work out what control measures to implement. Identify hazards - identify if COVID-19 could cause harm at your workplace, …
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Biological hazards - Control measures
Control measures The most effective way to control risks is to eliminate the risk of exposure to the biological hazard in your workplace. To eliminate the risk of exposure you could remove sources of biological hazards from the workplace or take steps to …