This guidance note applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (OSH Act) and provides guidance for employers and workers on the management of...

This guidance note applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (OSH Act) and provides guidance for employers and workers on the management of...

This guidance note is an explanatory document for the Western Australian Police Service (the Police Service) and others on the application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 as it...

This guidance note applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (OSH Act) and provides guidance on occupational safety and health management...

In Western Australia, a residential park is a place that provides land ‘sites’ for rent, usually for a relocatable home, such as a caravan or park home. The tenant can either rent or purchase a home...

The purpose of this national code of practice is to provide practical guidance in the identification of health hazards, evaluation of risks and control of exposure associated with the manufacture of vinyl chloride and its subsequent polymerisation to polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Note that vinyl chloride is often referred to as vinyl chloride monomer (VCM).

The purpose of this National Code of Practice for the Control of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances [NOHSC:2014(1995)] is to provide practical guidance on how to comply with the prohibition and notification requirements for scheduled carcinogenic substances. It also explains the specific requirements for assessment and control of risks arising from work with scheduled carcinogenic substances, and the specific requirements for record keeping.

The National Code of Practice for Precast, Tilt-up and Concrete Elements in Building Construction provides practical guidance on ways to eliminate hazards and/or minimise risks in the safe handling of concrete elements in building construction.

This code of practice applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 where concrete and masonry cutting and drilling equipment is used.

This code of practice addresses issues that might potentially arise in some working hours arrangements, for example extended hours, shift work and on call work. It brings together a range of recognised workplace hazard factors that must already be addressed, as far as practicable, where there are occupational safety and health risks. This code of practice is presented as a starting point for undertaking a workplace or industry risk management process to address relevant issues where the working hours arrangements may have occupational safety and health considerations. As individual workplaces and industries have different working hours arrangements, this code of practice provides high level general guidance and recommendations on risk management. It is suggested that the risk management approach is tailored specific to the unique demands of each workplace and/or industry

This code of practice applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by either the OSH Act or the MSI Act and provides general guidance for employers, people in control of workplaces, designers, manufacturers, suppliers and workers on the identification and control of safety and health hazards and risks associated with Legionnaires’ disease; and information on key legislative requirements in the OSH Act, the OSH Regulations, the MSI Act and the MSI Regulations as they relate to Legionnaires’ disease.

This code of practice applies to all workplaces in Western Australia covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 and provides guidance on occupational safety and health management in call centres. The practical guidance in this code of practice should be considered in conjunction with the general duties in the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984.