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A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who carries out high risk construction work has additional WHS duties. These include requirements to prepare, keep, comply with and review a safe work method statement (SWMS). 

A SWMS is a document that sets out: 

Under the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act you are responsible for the health and safety of labour hire workers if you:

Workers’ compensation is a type of insurance that helps support eligible workers who get sick or injured at work, including while working from home.

This information sheet provides practical information for workers who are doing computer-based work from home.

This information sheet provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) on managing work health and safety (WHS) risks when workers are doing computer-based work from home.

Under WHS laws, PCBUs must eliminate or minimise psychosocial risks so far as is reasonably practicable.

Consulting with workers and other duty holders is a legal requirement under the model WHS Act and an essential part of managing work health and safety. 

PCBUs must consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with all other persons who have a work health or safety duty in relation to the same matter, so far as is reasonably practicable. 

A health and safety committee (HSC) is a more formal way to consult. It brings together the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) and workers to discuss and develop ways to improve health and safety at work. 

Health and safety representatives (HSRs) are workers who are elected to represent the health and safety interests of workers. 

‘Work groups’ are groups of workers formed to elect the HSR who will represent them.

Consultation with workers can be done in different ways depending on what suits the size and complexity of the workplace and your workers. It may include formal and informal consultation arrangements.

If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must consult with workers and other duty holders in managing work health and safety risks.

Managing the work health and safety (WHS) risks from air pollution (for example, bushfire smoke) at the workplace is a duty for all persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs).

Everyone in the workplace has work health and safety duties under the model WHS Act

To minimise risks to workers’ health and safety, you must have control measures in place to manage the risks associated with remote and isolated work.  

Where possible, as a PCBU, you must always eliminate a risk. That means first thinking about if quad bikes are right for the job. When this is not reasonably practicable, you must minimise risks, so far as is reasonably practicable. 

Noise-related injuries are avoidable. Through managing the risks of exposure to noise, you can prevent damage to your workers hearing. 

Psychosocial risks should be managed using the risk management process.

Working with elevating work platforms (EWPs) can be dangerous. Identifying hazards with EWPs is the first step in managing risk.

Everyone in the workplace has work health and safety (WHS) duties under the model WHS Act. People who work with cranes have some specific responsibilities. 

If you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have a duty to manage risks in the workplace. Identifying hazards in your workplace is the first step in managing risk. 

As a PCBU, you must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or minimise risks associated with the retail industry. You should manage risks by working through the hierarchy of control measures.  

There can be significant health and safety risks in the retail services industry. 

Workers in retail services usually sell goods or services to the public. The industry includes: 

• shopping centres and department stores  

There are some things you and your boss can do to reduce the risk of getting hurt at work. Learn what they are and what you can do to keep yourself safe. 

As a PCBU, you must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or minimise risks associated with the food services industry. You should manage risks by working through the hierarchy of control measures.  

As a PCBU, you must, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate or minimise risks associated with the accommodation industry. You should manage risks by working through the hierarchy of control measures. 

Working from home may change WHS risks or create new ones.  It may also impact how you meet your WHS duties. For example, how you consult with workers, identify hazards, or implement control measures.   

As a PCBU, you must manage risks associated with traffic at your workplace, so far as is reasonably practicable.

Safe design is an important step in making sure a product is without risks to health and safety. Find out ways to design buildings, structures and plant with minimal or no risk. 

Risk management should be ongoing. You may need to think about risk management again when changes occur within your workplace. For example, when you start a new business, change your business structure or purchase new equipment. 

Risk management involves thinking about what could happen if someone is exposed to a hazard and how likely it is to happen. You should always aim to eliminate risks. If you can’t, you must minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable. 

Persons who conduct a business or undertaking (such an employer) and others have a duty to manage WHS risks in the workplace. 

You must manage asbestos risks in your workplace. This includes keeping an asbestos register and an asbestos management plan. 

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The model WHS laws require you to take care of the health and safety of your workers, including yo

Stevedoring involves all activities directly connected with: 

• loading or unloading vessel cargo 

• stacking and storing on the wharf 

• receiving and delivering cargo within the terminal or facility. 

The mining industry has made significant improvements in health and safety over the last decade, reducing the incidence rates of both fatalities and serious injuries. However, the mining industry still has one of the highest rates of fatalities of any industry. 

Work health and safety (WHS) laws apply when workers work from home just as they do in traditional workplaces such as offices.

Under the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations you, as a worker,&n

Risk management involves thinking about what could happen if someone is exposed to a hazard and how likely it is to happen. Hazards are things and situations that could harm a person. 

First aid can mean the difference between life and death. As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you have specific obligations relating to the provision of first aid at your workplace. 

Workplace violence and aggression is when a person is abused, threatened or assaulted at the workplace or while they’re working. 

Many people have jobs that require them to work outside. As a worker, you may be exposed to health and safety risks due to the hazards from working outside.

Each year slips, trips and falls cause thousands of preventable injuries.

Working alone or remotely can increase the health and safety risks of any job. Workers may be isolated from support and assistance because of where or when they’re working, or the nature of their work they are doing.