This infographic outlines practical steps to manage the risks of silica dust at work.

Safe Work Australia encourages everyone to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces this National Safe Work Month. 

National Safe Work Month is held every October and reminds us of the importance of work health and safety.

Safe Work Australia has published 2 case studies for the franchising and outsourcing industries. 

Safe Work Australia encourages everyone to commit to building safe and healthy workplaces this National Safe Work Month.

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

Safe Work Australia has published new resources on managing WHS risks when workers are doing computer-based work from home.  

Health and safety representatives (HSRs) play an important role in representing workers on health and safety. This infographic outlines the role of HSRs and the duties of PCBU’s to support them. 

This infographic outlines the duties PCBUs have to consult with workers and their representatives on health and safety matters, including when consultation must occur. Consultation is a legal requirement under WHS laws.

Consulting with workers and their representatives on health and safety matters is a legal requirement under WHS laws. This infographic outlines some of the ways you might consult with workers and their representatives in your workplace.    

A resource to illustrate how to manage WHS risks relating to COVID-19 at work and the control measures that may assist to manage the risks. 

An information diagram to outline how to minimise work health and safety risks at work by undertaking the 4 step risk management process.  

An infographic which demonstrates the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for food delivery workers to be safe at work. 

Slips, trips and falls result in tens of thousands of injuries every year in Australian workplaces.

This infosheet has information about managing the risks of slips, trips and falls.
 

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. 

These templates include examples of:

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.

Harmful behaviours are both a psychosocial and physical hazard. Exposure can cause psychological and physical harm.

A poor physical environment is both a psychosocial and physical hazard. Exposure can cause psychological and physical harm.

Remote or isolated work is both a psychosocial and physical hazard. Exposure can cause psychological and physical harm.

Exposure to traumatic events or materials is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Poor organisational justice is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Inadequate reward and recognition is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Poor organisational change management is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Lack of role clarity is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Low job control is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Poor support is a psychosocial hazard. This means it can cause psychological and physical harm.

Job demands that are too high or too low are a psychosocial hazard. This means they can cause psychological and physical harm. A job can include both high and low job demands.

Sole traders and small business owners can be both workers and PCBUs under WHS laws. 

WHS is about preventing workers being harmed at work. 

Everyone in the workplace has a work health and safety (WHS) duty.

The primary duty of care in the model WHS Act requires a PCBU to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, workers and other persons are not exposed to risks to their psychological or physical health and safety.

This page provides checklists, information sheets and case studies on occupational respiratory diseases for the manufacturing industry.

This page provides checklists, information sheets and case studies on occupational respiratory diseases for the engineered stone sector.

This page provides checklists, information sheets and case studies on occupational respiratory diseases for the construction industry.

This page provides checklists, information sheets and case studies on occupational respiratory diseases for the agriculture industry.

Air monitoring might be needed to make sure that your workers are not exposed to airborne concentrations of a substance above the workplace exposure standard.

Managing work health and safety risks is on ongoing process that requires your attention over time, but particularly when changes to work processes are implemented.

A persons conducting a business or undertaking have a duty under the model WHS laws to eliminate, or if that is not reasonably practicable, minimise health and safety risks in the workplace so far as is reasonably practicable.

Risk management is a proactive process that helps you respond to change and facilitate continuous improvement in your business. It should be planned, systematic and cover all reasonably foreseeable hazards and associated risks.

Use this guide if you manage diesel exhaust exposures at the workplace.

Exposure to diesel exhaust can cause eye, nose, throat and lung irritation, and suffocation. Long-term exposure can:

This page provides persons conducting a business or undertaking with information on Japanese encephalitis and their duties under the model WHS laws.

Exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is a risk for anyone who works outside. Solar UVR is not only a hazard when working in direct sunlight, it can also be reflected off certain materials, such as concrete, metal, snow and sand.

Watch Safe Work Australia CEO, Michelle Baxter deliver a keynote presentation at Comcare’s national forum on sexual harassment.