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- Safe Work Australia
- SafeWork NSW
- Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
- WorkSafe Victoria
- WorkSafe Western Australia
- SafeWork SA
- WorkSafe Tasmania
- NT WorkSafe
An approved code of practice provides practical guidance on how to achieve the standards of work health and safety required under the WHS Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulation (the WHS Regulation) and effective ways to identify and manage risks.
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Principles that apply to WHS duties: Factsheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
Overview of the four key principles that apply to all WHS duties in the model WHS Act. |
Construction project over $250,000 involving high risk work: case study | Current Safe Work Australia |
This case study illustrates four key WHS principles that apply to all WHS duties in the model WHS Act. |
National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance: Vibration exposure and the provision of vibration control measures in Australian workplaces | Current Safe Work Australia |
Focuses on the exposure of Australian workers to vibration and the control measures that are provided in workplaces that eliminate, reduce or control worker exposure to vibration |
Guide To Measuring And Assessing Workplace Exposure To Whole-Body Vibration | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information for occupational hygienists, ergonomists and other professionals involved in the measurement and assessment of workplace vibration exposures from vibrating plant that affects the whole body. |
Guide To Measuring And Assessing Workplace Exposure To Hand-Arm Vibration | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information for occupational hygienists, ergonomists, and other professionals involved in the measurement and assessment of workplace vibration exposures from vibrating plant, in particular hand-held and hand-guided power tools. |
Guide To Managing Risks Of Exposure To Whole-Body Vibration In Workplaces | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on how to manage risks associated with vibrating machinery in the workplace, and in particular whole-body vibration. |
Guide to managing the risks of rooftop solar installation work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical work health and safety information for duty holders, primarily for ‘persons conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBUs), on the duties and obligations under the model WHS laws, identifying and assessing risks associated with installing solar panels on rooftops, control measures to manage the risks, and how to plan and safely undertake rooftop solar installation work. |
Guide to managing risks of industrial rope access systems | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information for duty holders, primarily for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), on their duties and obligations under the model WHS laws, identifying and assessing the risks from using an industrial rope access system, control measures to manage the risks, and safe planning and use of an industrial rope access system. |
Labour hire: case study | Current Safe Work Australia |
Illustrates the key WHS principles that apply to all WHS duties in the model WHS Act, and the duty to consult, cooperate and coordinate with other duty holders. |
First aid in the workplace | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively provide first aid in the workplace. |
Managing the risks of plant in the workplace | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with managing risks of plant in the workplace. |
Spray painting and powder coating | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating. |
Safe design of structures | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers. |
Guide for tunnelling work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work. |
Noise: Information Sheet | Current Environmental Protection Authority South Australia |
Offers advice on dealing with excessive noise from building sites. |
Reduction in workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica: For businesses and workers to minimise risks when working with silica | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
The national workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica has been halved from an eight hour time-weighted average airborne concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) to 0.05 mg/m3; this new workplace exposure standard takes effect in Queensland from 1 July 2020. |
Preparing a crystalline silica hazard control statement for high risk crystalline silica work | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
How and when to prepare and use a crystalline silica hazard control statement (hazard control statement) for high risk crystalline silica work (HRCSW). |
How to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: checklist | Current Safe Work Australia |
This checklist will help persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) in the engineered stone industry to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases, including silicosis, in their workers. |
Strategy For Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure Awareness & Reduction 2020 | Current South Australian Government |
This Strategy represents a long-term government commitment to support businesses, industry, workers, and the wider community, and provide a guide to inform agency and departmental activities and compliance systems towards achieving a future free from silica- related diseases. |
Workplace exposure standards for airborne containments | Current Safe Work Australia |
Contains a list of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (exposure standards) and how to meet your duties under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and the WHS Regulations. |
Developing a return to work plan | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical advice for anyone responsible for developing a return to work plan in collaboration with the injured or ill worker. |
Violence and aggression at work | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for workplaces where people may be exposed to various forms of violence and aggression at work, including physical assault, sexual assault, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation and harassment, including sexual harassment. |
Best practice principles: Quality, safe workplaces | Current Queensland Government |
The purpose of this guide is to help agencies, contractors and subcontractors apply the best practice principles to applicable major projects. |
Do work safety right, at any height | Current SafeWork NSW |
Most serious and fatal falls are from less than 4 metres. |
Implementation Guidelines to the Victorian Code of Practice for the Building and Construction Industry | Available Superseded Victorian Government |
These Implementation Guidelines (Guidelines) have been developed to further assist in the achievement of the objectives of the Victorian Code and in particular, the industrial relations, OHS&R and workforce reform elements as adopted from the National Code. |
Code of practice for building, construction and works | Current Victorian Government |
Regulates the conduct of all works that affect public space, ensuring the safety and amenity of community and the protection of municipal assets. |
Code of Practice for the South Australian Construction Industry | Current South Australian Government |
The Code of Practice for the South Australian Construction Industry and its Implementation Guidelines is a statement of the principles that the industry wants to apply to a range of procedures from project conception and initiation, through tendering and construction, to project completion. |
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in the stone benchtop industry: Code of practice 2019 | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace. |
Psychological health and safety in the workplace | Current Safe Work Australia |
Mental health conditions account for an increasing proportion of serious workers’ compensation claims, and have garnered significant attention over recent years as awareness of their impact on individuals and workplaces has grown. |
Health monitoring when you work with hazardous chemicals: Guide for workers | Current Safe Work Australia |
If you are a worker who works with hazardous chemicals, this guide is for you; it explains what you and your PCBU must do to monitor your health and keep you as safe as possible. |
Health monitoring: Guide for persons conducting a business or undertaking | Current Safe Work Australia |
This guide will help you to understand your duties as a PCBU to provide health monitoring for your workers; it will assist you to comply with your duties under the model WHS laws, but should not be relied on in the place of the full text of those laws. |
Occupational lung disease; silicosis: infomation sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
Silicosis is a lung disease caused by breathing in respirable crystalline silica which is a common mineral found in sand, concrete, quartz and other types of rock. |
How to manage the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
Work Health and Safety (WHS) laws require you, as the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), to eliminate and minimise risks to the health and safety of your workers as much as you reasonably can. |
How to identify the hazards that can cause occupational lung diseases in engineered stone workers: information sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
As a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must protect your workers from breathing in silica dust. |
Respirable Crystalline Silica Campaign Report 2020-2021 | Current SafeWork SA |
From 1 October 2020 to 1 April 2021, SafeWork SA undertook a compliance campaign (the campaign) focused on respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the fabrication, construction, and mining industries; The fabrication industry included persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) using engineered and natural stone (i.e. monumental masons). |
Identifying and assessing the risks of bushfires at work: using fire danger ratings and warnings | Current Safe Work Australia |
Helps persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) and workers to use these systems to identify and assess the risk of bushfires at work. |
Guidance on the interpretation of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides advice on the application of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (exposure standards) in the workplace. |
National Return to Work Strategy 2020–2030 | Current Safe Work Australia |
A national strategy to drive and leverage national action to improve return to work outcomes for workers with a work-related injury or illness. |
Prevention of vehicle roll-aways and safe immobilisation: Fact sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking and workers about managing the risks of vehicle roll-aways at the workplace. |
Sexual and gender-based harassment | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks arising from sexual and gender-based harassment at work. |
Building Confidence: How to use engineers to improve building and construction | Current Engineers Australia |
Engineers Australia convened a building industry working group to develop a paradigm for good practice of engineers across the building sector. |
Prevention of falls in general construction | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to the prevention of falls in construction work under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Removing asbestos in workplaces | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to asbestos under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) or the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Workplace amenities and work environment | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to those who have duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (the OHS Act) or Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 (the Regulations) on how to comply with those duties or obligations. |
Providing employment, planning and consultation about return to work | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to employers who have obligations under Part 4 (Return to Work) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (the Act) on how to comply with those obligations. |
Return to Work Coordinators | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to employers who have obligations under Part 4 (Return to Work) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (the Act) on how to comply with those obligations. |
Cooperating with labour hire employers about return to work | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to hosts who have an obligation under section 109 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (the Act) to cooperate with a labour hire employer on how to comply with that obligation. |
Return to Work Information | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to employers who have obligations under Part 4 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (the Act) on how to comply with those obligations. |
How WorkSafe applies the law in relation to Reasonably Practicable | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Sets out WorkSafe Victoria’s position on what ‘reasonably practicable’ means in the context of duty-holders meeting their obligations under Part 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. |
How WorkSafe applies the law in relation to identifying and understanding hazards and risks | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Sets out WorkSafe’s position that there is an obligation to take all reasonable steps to identify and understand hazards and risks to health and safety when complying with duties to ensure health and safety under Part 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. |
A guide to Australian building product conformity | Current Australian Building Codes Board |
A guide for those businesses and building professionals that must ensure the products and materials they procure and use in building and construction are ‘fit for purpose’ and conform and comply with Australian building laws and standards and any other local requirements. |
Digitalisation of Construction: Industry Report on Digitalisation of Design and Construction of Class 2 Buildings in New South Wales | Current NSW Government |
This research project set out to review the state of digitalisation of the class 2 (multi-unit) building sector of the NSW construction industry with specific reference to the production of design drawings and as-built drawings. |
Prevention of falls in housing construction | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to the prevention of falls in the housing construction industry under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Plant | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to plant under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Noise | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to noise under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Managing exposure to crystalline silica: Engineered stone | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations), in relation to exposure to crystalline silica dust as a result of working with engineered stone. |
Communicating occupational health and safety across languages | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations to communicate occupational health and safety matters in appropriate languages in workplaces under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Managing asbestos in workplaces | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to asbestos under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) or the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Hazardous substances | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to hazardous substances under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004(OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Hazardous manual handling | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to hazardous manual handling under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Foundries | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance to those who have duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (the OHS Act) or Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 (the Regulations). It shows how to comply with those duties or obligations. |
First aid in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Facilities in construction | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to the provision of facilities at construction site workplaces under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Excavation | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to excavation sites under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Demolition | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to demolition sites under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Confined spaces | Current WorkSafe Victoria |
Provides practical guidance for those who have duties or obligations in relation to confined spaces under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (OHS Regulations). |
Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter. |
Welding processes | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace. |
Spray painting and powder coating | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating. |
Safe design of structures | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers. |
Managing electrical risks in the workplace | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing electrical risks in the workplace. |
Excavation work | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with excavation work. |
Demolition work | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with demolition work. |
Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to label hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
How to safely remove asbestos | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with removing asbestos or asbestos containing materials (ACM) from workplaces. |
How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks associated with asbestos, asbestos containing material (ACM) and asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) at the workplace and thereby minimise the incidence of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. |
Abrasive blasting | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with abrasive blasting. |
First aid in the workplace | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively provide first aid in the workplace. It includes information on first aid kits, procedures, facilities and training for first aiders. |
Confined spaces | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with work carried out in a confined space. |
Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with workplace noise. |
How to manage work health and safety risks | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks to health and safety. |
Hazardous manual tasks | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. |
Construction work | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risks relating to construction work. |
Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals used in their workplace. |
Managing risks of plant in the workplace | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with managing risks of plant in the workplace. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in workplaces. |
Managing the risk of falls in housing construction | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in housing construction. |
Managing the work environment and facilities | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage the work environment and facilities. |
Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals | Current NT WorkSafe |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to prepare safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces: Information sheet (WA) | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides general guidance for workers and persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) on how to manage the risk of falls at work under the work health and safety laws. |
National Code Of Practice: For Precast, Tilt-Up And Concrete Elements In Building Construction | Current Australian Building Codes Board |
Provides practical guidance on ways to eliminate hazards and/or minimise risks in the safe handling of concrete elements in building construction. |
Setting up your workstation: Manage the risk of MSDs | Current Safe Work Australia |
A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must ensure workers' health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable; this includes specific duties to manage the risks of MSDs. |
Working from home: Checklist | Current Safe Work Australia |
This checklist is a starting point to help identify common hazards which may be present when working from home. |
Working from home: Work information sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical information for workers who are doing computer-based work from home. |
Working from home: PCBU information sheet | Current Safe Work Australia |
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. |
Safe work method statement for high risk construction work | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides advice for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) on the function, content and application of safe work method statements (SWMS). |
Demolition work | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with demolition work. |
Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to label hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
How to safely remove asbestos | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with removing asbestos or asbestos containing materials (ACM) from workplaces. |
How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks associated with asbestos, asbestos containing material (ACM) and asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) at the workplace and thereby minimise the incidence of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. |
Abrasive blasting | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with abrasive blasting. |
First aid in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively provide first aid in the workplace. It includes information on first aid kits, procedures, facilities and training for first aiders. |
Confined spaces | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with work carried out in a confined space. |
Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with workplace noise. |
How to manage work health and safety risks | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks to health and safety. |
Hazardous manual tasks | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. |
Construction work | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risks relating to construction work. |
Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals used in their workplace. |
Managing risks of plant in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with managing risks of plant in the workplace. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in workplaces. |
Managing the risk of falls in housing construction | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in housing construction. |
Managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal. |
Managing the work environment and facilities | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage the work environment and facilities. |
Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to prepare safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Workplace behaviour | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for workplaces where people may be exposed to various forms of inappropriate or unreasonable workplace behaviour including bullying, harassment, violence and aggression, discrimination and misconduct. |
Psychosocial hazards in the workplace | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance for workplaces where people may be exposed to psychosocial hazards such as stress, fatigue and burnout, as well as bullying, harassment, violence and aggression, discrimination and misconduct. |
Guidelines for inspection of class 1a and 10 buildings and structures (QLD) | Current Queensland Government |
Provides guidance to inspecting persons (e.g. building certifiers and competent persons) and builders about how to meet their inspection responsibilities under the Building Act 1975 (BA) and the Building Regulation 2021 (BR). |
Mentally healthy workplaces for fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the resources and construction sectors | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides guidance on creating and maintaining a mentally healthy workplace. |
Safe design of structures | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace; this includes architects, building designers and engineers. |
Spray painting and powder coating | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating. |
Welding processes | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace. |
Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination: Consultation checklist | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Consultation compliance checklist. |
Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination | Current WorkSafe Western Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter. |
Abrasive blasting | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with abrasive blasting. |
Confined spaces | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with work carried out in a confined space. |
Demolition work | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with demolition work. |
Excavation work | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with excavation work. |
Hazardous manual tasks | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risk associated with musculoskeletal disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. |
How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks associated with asbestos, asbestos containing material (ACM) and asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) at the workplace and thereby minimise the incidence of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. |
How to manage work health and safety risks | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks to health and safety. |
How to safely remove asbestos | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBU’s on how to manage health and safety risks associated with removing asbestos or asbestos-containing materials (ACM) from workplaces. |
Labelling hazardous chemicals | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to label hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Managing electrical risks in the workplace | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing electrical risks in the workplace. |
Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with workplace noise. |
Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals used in their workplace. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in workplaces. |
Managing the work environment and facilities | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage the work environment and facilities. |
Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP) guidelines | Current SafeWork SA |
A PCBU must provide workers with reasonable information, instruction, training and supervision to operate the MEWP in all of the foreseeable work situations which may arise. |
Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to prepare safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Work-related violence: Preventing and responding to work-related violence | Current SafeWork SA |
This guide covers two types of work-related violence: external violence and service-related violence. |
Welding processes | Current SafeWork SA |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace. |
Tower cranes | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing health and safety risks of working with tower cranes. |
Building and construction | Current Queensland Government |
Outlines specific principles and standards of behaviour that underpin best practice while promoting positive change in the industry. |
Managing the risks of working in heat | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) on how to manage the risks associated with working in heat and information on what to do if a worker begins to suffer from a heat-related illness. |
Code of Practice Managing The Risks Of Respirable Crystalline Silica From Engineered Stone In The Workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal. |
Tower Cranes: Duties of Principal Contractor | Current SafeWork NSW |
Provides a summary of the duties of the principal contractor in relation to a tower crane at their site. |
Construction Falls From Heights Blitz Checklist | Current SafeWork NSW |
This simplified checklist can be used by principal contractors and site supervisors to conduct basic inspections to look for common working at heights hazards. |
Hazardous Manual Tasks | Current SafeWork NSW |
A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must manage risks to health and safety relating to a MSD associated with a hazardous manual task. |
Guide for Crane Operators | Current SafeWork NSW |
Helps keep crane operators and other workers safe on site. |
Safety Checklist: Earthmoving Plant in Construction | Current SafeWork NSW |
This checklist can be used by principal contractors and site supervisors to manage the risks of earthmoving plant activities on construction sites. |
Tower Crane Safety for PCBU’s | Current SafeWork NSW |
This checklist can be used by principal contractors and site supervisors to manage the risks of tower crane activities on construction sites. |
Safe Work Method Statement For Demolition Work | Current SafeWork NSW |
A safe work method statement (SWMS) must be prepared by the persons conducting businesses or undertakings (PCBUs) for any identified high risk construction work (HRCW) in relation to all construction work, irrespective of the cost of that work. |
Code of practice Managing electrical risks in the workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing electrical risks in the workplace. |
Work Near Overhead Power Lines | Current SafeWork NSW |
Provides practical advice on implementing the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001. |
Moving Plant On Construction Sites | Current SafeWork NSW |
Assists employers in deciding appropriate measures to prevent risks to workers and other people on construction sites where moving plant is used. |
Scaffold inspection checklist | Current SafeWork NSW |
This checklist can be used by principal contractors or scaffolders to conduct a basic inspection to look for common scaffold deficiencies and hazards. |
Tunnels Under Construction | Current WorkCover NSW |
Explains the processes involved in the systematic management of OHS risks and outlines how to apply a risk management approach to the hazards commonly encountered in tunnel construction in NSW. |
Safe Work On Roofs. Part 1: Commercial And Industrial Buildings | Current WorkCover NSW |
Provides clients, employers, self-employed persons, contractors, subcontractors and workers with practical advice on preventing injury to persons engaged in work on roofs. |
Overhead Protective Structures | Current WorkCover NSW |
Provides practical guidance and set minimum safety standards for all overhead protective structures in New South Wales. |
Cutting and Drilling Concrete and other Masonry Products | Current WorkCover NSW |
Sets out guidelines for the use of saws and drills and associated equipment in the cutting and drilling of concrete and other building structural materials during construction work. |
Tower and mobile scaffolds | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides advice for small businesses and workers on managing the risks associated with tower and mobile scaffolds and related scaffolding work. |
Guide to suspended (swing stage) scaffolds | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on the potential hazards for suspended (swing stage) scaffolds and provides practical examples of ways you can control the risks associated with them. |
Guide to scaffolds and scaffolding | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on specific types of scaffolds and scaffolding and practical examples of ways you can control some of the risks associated with them. |
Guide to Tower Cranes | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on siting, erecting and using tower cranes and self-erecting tower cranes in the workplace. |
General Guide For Cranes | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on how to manage the risks of cranes at a workplace. |
Guide to scaffold inspection and maintenance | Current Safe Work Australia |
This Guide provides information on scaffold inspection and maintenance including information on certification that a scaffold is safe to use. |
Scaffolding work near overhead electric lines | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides advice on managing the risks of erecting, dismantling and using fixed scaffolding near overhead electric lines and associated electrical equipment with an operating voltage up to and including 33,000 volts. |
Construction: Industry Snapshot 2021 | Current WorkSafe Tasmania |
An initiative of the WorkCover Tasmania Board delivered by WorkSafe Tasmania. |
Safety Management Toolkit | Current WorkSafe Tasmania |
This Safety Management Toolkit is aimed at employers and owners in small business — now known as Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU), which is explained more in this Toolkit. It will also be useful for managers. |
Slips, Trips and Falls Checklist | Current WorkSafe Tasmania |
If you mark any NO box on the checklist, you need to take action to make your workplace safer. |
Guidance Note GN052: Using timber for temporary perimeter guardrails | Current WorkSafe Tasmania |
Explains how to use correctly use timber to create safe temporary guardrails. |
Safety In Construction: Your guide to managing safety in housing and construction | Current WorkSafe Tasmania |
This guide is targeted at small residential builders, but will also help larger residential construction businesses with more comprehensive requirements. |
Welding processes | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace. |
Excavation work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with excavation work. |
Managing psychosocial hazards at work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage psychosocial health and safety risks at work. |
Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to prepare safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter. |
Code Of Practice For The Safe Use Of Reinforced Plastics | Current Workplace Standards Tasmania |
Provides a safe and healthy workplace by outlining safe work practices and general responsibilities when handling reinforced plastics (RP) and also addresses systems and building design. |
Managing the work environment and facilities | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage the work environment and facilities. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in workplaces. |
How to safely remove asbestos | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with removing asbestos or asbestos-containing materials (ACM) from workplaces. |
Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with workplace noise. |
Managing electrical risks in the workplace | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing electrical risks in the workplace. |
Managing the risks of plant in the workplace | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with managing risks of plant in the workplace. |
Spray painting and powder coating | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating. |
How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks associated with asbestos, asbestos containing material (ACM) and asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) at the workplace and thereby minimise the incidence of asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. |
Hazardous manual tasks | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. |
Demolition work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with demolition work. |
Confined spaces | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with work carried out in a confined space. |
Abrasive blasting | Current Safe Work Australia |
Applies to all workplaces covered by the WHS Act where abrasive blasting processes are carried out and where abrasive blasting products and equipment are used and stored. |
Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to label hazardous chemicals that are being manufactured or imported for use, handling or storage in Australia. |
Managing the risk of falls in housing construction | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in housing construction. |
Code of Practice Managing psychosocial hazards | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage psychosocial hazards at work is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the New South Wales Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act). |
Code Of Practice Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to meet the requirements for consultation, cooperation and coordination on work health and safety matters is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Excavation work | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with excavation work is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Abrasive Blasting | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with abrasive blasting is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act. |
Code of Practice Confined spaces | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with confined spaces in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Construction work | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on construction work is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Demolition work | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with demolition work is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code Of Practice Welding processes | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with welding processes in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (WHS Act). |
Code of Practice How to manage work health and safety risks | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage work health and safety risks is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Guide to managing the risks of elevating work platforms | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information to a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) on identifying and assessing the risks, control measures for managing the risks, and safe planning and use of EWPs. |
Guide to managing risk in construction: Concrete pumping | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance to assist duty holders, primarily a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), to manage risks to health and safety associated with concrete pumping in construction work. |
Guide for managing risks from high pressure water jetting | Current Safe Work Australia |
Practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with high pressure water jetting operations. |
Inspecting and maintaining Elevating Work Platforms | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information to a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) on EWPs inspection, inspection types, monitoring and testing, and recording and reporting |
Construction work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risks relating to construction work. |
Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022 | Latest Safe Work Australia |
Healthy, safe and productive working lives |
Managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides guidance through the lifecycle of an engineered stone product including fabrication, installation, maintenance, removal and disposal. |
Return to work survey 2021 | Current Safe Work Australia |
Headline measures report |
General Guide for Scaffolds and Scaffolding Work | Current Safe Work Australia |
Provides information on how to manage risks associated with scaffolds and scaffolding work at a workplace. |
Solar ultraviolet radiation: managing the risks | Current Safe Work Australia |
Solar Ultraviolet Radiation can pose significant health and safety risks. |
How to manage work health and safety risks | Current Safe Work Australia |
This Code of Practice on how to manage work health and safety risks is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Building and Construction - Work Health and Safety Sector Plan to 2022 | Current SafeWork NSW |
This building and construction sector plan has been developed in consultation with industry and aligns with the SafeWork NSW Health and Safety Roadmap 2022 to drive down fatality, injury and illness rates in the NSW building and construction industry. |
Erecting, altering and dismantling scaffolding - Part 1: Prefabricated steel modular scaffolding | Current SafeWork NSW |
There have been a number of incidents where lack of fall prevention systems contributed to worker injuries and there were limited practical solutions to safely erect, alter and dismantle prefabricated steel modular scaffolding. |
Code of Practice How to safely remove asbestos | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to safely remove asbestos is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with hazardous chemicals in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Labelling of workplace hazardous chemicals | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on labelling hazardous chemicals is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice about the preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage and control asbestos in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing the risk of falls in housing construction | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risk of falls in housing construction is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Formwork | Current SafeWork NSW |
The SafeWork NSW Formwork Code of Practice (this Code) on how to manage the risks associated with formwork is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Spray painting and powder coating | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risks associated with spray painting and powder coating is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Safe design of structures | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to meet the requirements for safe design of structures is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice First aid in the workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on first aid in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing the risk of plant in the workplace | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage risks of plant in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on how to manage the risk of falls at workplaces is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Code of Practice Managing the work environment and facilities | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Code of Practice on managing the work environment and facilities is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act). |
Flammable refrigerant gases position paper | Current SafeWork NSW |
This Position Paper was developed by the Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) and provides information on the obligations of work health and safety duty holders with respect to the use of flammable refrigerant gases at workplaces. |
Flammable substances | Current SafeWork NSW |
Flammable liquids or combustible substances must be kept in the lowest practical quantity at the workplace. |
Hot work safety alert | Current SafeWork NSW |
This safety alert reminds people of the precautions required when carrying out hot work in the workplace, for example grinding, welding, oxy cutting or other processes which produce a flame or other ignition source. |
Incident Information Release: Worker suffers flash burns | Current SafeWork NSW |
Worker suffers flash burns. |
Mould at work | Current SafeWork NSW |
Mould at the workplace can be a serious health and safety hazard that could be putting your workers at risk. |
Scaffolding Industry Safety Standard | Current SafeWork NSW |
The purpose of this document is to provide practical management tools to principal contractors, scaffolders, engineers, and other parties responsible for the provision and safe use of scaffolding. |
Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter; it includes information on mechanisms to facilitate worker participation and representation. |
Welding processes | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace. |
Tower crane | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties when carrying out work with tower cranes. |
Tilt-up and pre-cast construction | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
This code of practice applies to the principal safety issues associated with tilt-up and pre-cast construction; it includes basic guidance on casting of panels, panel lifting and rigging systems, propping and securing of panels and work at height associated with panels and other pre-cast concrete elements; it does not consider all issues in this type of construction but focuses on the primary safety issues; this code of practice does not discuss pre-tensioning and post-tensioning of concrete elements. |
Steel construction | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides advice aimed at preventing the risk of injury or death to persons undertaking steel construction and other persons at the workplace. |
Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Applies to the performance of all work and to all workplaces covered by the WHS Act where there is a risk to health and safety from psychosocial hazards. |
Mobile crane | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical advice about how to manage risks associated with mobile cranes, vehicle-loading cranes and other mobile plant used as a mobile crane to raise or lower a freely suspended load. |
Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage risks associated with respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure in construction work; manufacturing of construction elements. |
Safe design of structures | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace; this includes architects, building designers and engineers; this Code is also relevant for anyone making decisions that influence the design outcome, such as clients, developers and builders. |
Scaffolding | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties relating to scaffolds, scaffolding and scaffolding work. |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance for PCBUs, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in workplaces. |
Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals used in their workplace. |
Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with workplace noise. |
Managing electrical risks in the workplace | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on managing electrical risks in the workplace. |
How to safely remove asbestos | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with removing asbestos or asbestos-containing materials (ACM) from workplaces. |
How to manage work health and safety risks | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage risks to health and safety. Other approved codes of practice should be referenced for guidance on managing the risk of specific hazards. |
Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020: Electrical equipment rural industry | Current Electrical Safety Office |
Provides practical guidance about how to manage electrical risk in rural industry work. |
Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020: Working near overhead and underground electric lines | Current Electrical Safety Office |
Provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on managing electrical risks when working near energised (live) overhead or underground electric lines. |
Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2020: Works | Current Electrical Safety Office |
Provides practical advice on ways for an electricity entity to manage electrical safety risks associated with earthing systems, underground cable systems, and supporting structures for overhead lines forming parts of the works of an electricity entity. |
How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides information on how to identify the presence of asbestos at the workplace (including where work is being carried out by a PCBU at a residential premise) and how to implement measures to eliminate or minimise the risk of exposure to airborne asbestos fibres. |
Formwork | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties when carrying out construction work involving formwork including high risk construction work. |
First aid in the workplace | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively provide first aid in the workplace. It includes information on first aid kits, procedures, facilities and training for first aiders. |
Excavation work | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with excavation work. |
Demolition work | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with demolition work. |
Construction and operation of solar farms | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to duty holders on how to comply with their work health and safety and electrical safety duties during the design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance and end of life management of solar farms. |
Confined spaces | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with work carried out in a confined space. |
Concrete pumping | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties when carrying out construction work involving concrete pumping. |
Abrasive blasting | Current Workplace Health and Safety Queensland |
Intended to be read by a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU). It provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with abrasive blasting. |