Managing health and safety | Safe Work Australia

Health monitoring when you work with hazardous chemicals guide

26 Oct 2020

If you are a worker who works with hazardous chemicals, this guide is for you. It explains what you and your person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must do to monitor your health and keep you as safe as possible. Everything in this guide is covered by the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws. You will find further...

Health monitoring for persons conducting a business or undertaking guide

25 Oct 2020

You will find further information on health monitoring requirements including information on individual scheduled chemicals, on our website: Health monitoring guide for workers Health monitoring guide for registered medical practitioners, and Health monitoring guides for hazardous chemicals Further information may also be available from...

Signage and posters - COVID-19

2 Apr 2020

Industry information on COVID-19 Information for your industry about work health and safety and COVID-19. It is important that you have signs and posters around the workplace to remind workers and others of the risks of COVID-19 and the measures that are necessary to stop its spread. This includes posters on what is COVID-19 and ho...

Fact sheets

Transitioning back to usual workplaces checklist – COVID-19

17 Jul 2020

A checklist with information on meeting WHS duties and supporting workers transitioning back to the usual workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.

pdf (54.26 KB)

Guidance materials

Storage of flammable liquids

7 Jul 2020

This guide is intended for small to medium business owners who use and store flammable liquids in their workplace. It explains the risks posed by flammable liquids, and guides readers through a process of identifying, assessing and managing those risks.

pdf (581.87 KB)

docx (1.44 MB)

Fact sheets

Small business planning tool - COVID-19

5 Jun 2020

A tool to help small businesses plan and prepare to operate safely and manage work health and safety risks from COVID-19.

Health monitoring guides

Health monitoring is provided by a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), such as an employer, for a worker. It involves using medical tests to monitor and protect a...

Guidance materials