This Guide provides information on how to manage risks associated with tree trimming and removal work. Tree trimming and removal work includes lopping, pruning, trimming, repairing, maintaining and removing amenity tress as well as ground operations relating to tree work like wood chipping, stump grinding and root pruning. Audience The...

Summary Safe Work Australia has developed a series of information sheets which provide practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with unpacking shipping containers, including exposure to hazardous chemicals, for example fumigants and solvents. Audience You should use these information sheets if you are a...

This Information Sheet provides advice on managing the risks associated with carrying out steel erection work. It includes information on who has responsibilities at the design and planning stage and hazards such as working at height, falling objects, steel structure collapse and operating powered plant. Information is included about whe...

This Information Sheet provides advice on how to manage the risks associated with working on roofs. It includes information on working at height, roof access, fragile roofs, and managing risks associated with electricity, manual tasks, falling objects and exposure to heat and sunlight. Information is included about when roof work is...

This report contains a detailed analysis of workers’ compensation claims for serious injuries incurred while working at height. Over the eight-year period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2011, 232 workers were killed following a fall from a height, 11% of all workers killed over this period. In 2010–11, 29 workers died following ...

This model Code of Practice is a revised version of the National Code of Practice for the Prevention of Falls in Housing Construction (2010), updated to reflect the requirements under the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction. It has been developed to provide practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertakin...

This model Code of practice applies to all workplaces covered by the WHS Act and Regulations applying in a jurisdiction where there is a risk of a fall by a person from one level to another that is reasonably likely to cause injury. It has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking,...