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This fact sheet provides information on preparing and maintaining general emergency plans

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Working with cranes is high-risk work. Find out the process for managing risks with cranes, including how to do an emergency plan.  

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It is a legal requirement for every workplace to have an emergency plan. Find out what the duties are for emergency plans, including for shared workplaces. 

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Under the model WHS laws, all workplaces must have an emergency plan in place. 

The plan must let workers and visitors know what to do in an emergency.  

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Signs and records tell your workers and visitors about the hazardous chemic

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This template is for organisations to write an emergency plan.
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This guide gives major hazard facility (MHF) operators information on how to write, put in place and test an emergency plan for their MHF. The regulator will ask for this when MHF operators apply for an MHF license.&n

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