Safe Work Australia releases practical advice on managing risks
Safe Work Australia has released practical advice on how to manage risks at the workplace. The material includes information sheets to assist small businesses and workers meet their WHS obligations.
There are nine packages of national guidance material which support the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and WHS Regulations. The topics are:
- Workplace traffic management
- Managing cash-in-transit security risks
- Managing risks in forestry operations
- Industrial lift trucks
- Amusement devices
- Safe design, manufacture, import and supply of plant
- Working in the vicinity of overhead and underground electric lines
- Formwork and falsework
- Scaffolds and scaffolding work
The national guidance material was agreed by majority by Safe Work Australia Members in June 2014 and is available at www.swa.gov.au.
Business owners and workers can contact the work health and safety regulator in their state or territory to determine if these guides apply to the work they undertake.
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