Asbestos
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Bullying
Bushfire smoke in the workplace
Carcinogens
Chemicals
Coal dust
Concrete pumping
COVID-19
Cranes
Crystalline silica and silicosis
Demolition
Dermatitis
Drugs and alcohol
Electrical safety
Elevating work platforms
Excavation
Fatigue
Japanese encephalitis
Laser classifications
Lead
Lifting, pushing and pulling (Manual tasks)
Noise
Occupational lung diseases
Psychosocial hazards
Quad bikes
Quadwatch
Racism
Remote and isolated work
Scaffolding
Sexual and gender-based harassment
Sitting and standing
Slips, trips and falls
Tunnelling
Welding fumes
Working at heights
Working in heat
Working outside
Violence and aggression
Duty holders with a role in managing the risks of hazards include:
- persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs)
- designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and installers of plant, substances or structures, and
- officers.
Workers and other persons at the workplace also have duties under the WHS Act, such as the duty to take reasonable care for their own health and safety at the workplace.
A person can have more than one duty. More than one person can have the same duty at the same time.
Early consultation and identification of risks can allow for more options to eliminate or minimise risks and reduce the associated costs.
The WHS Regulations include more specific requirements for PCBUs to manage the risks of hazards.