Australian Master Work Health and Safety Guide

This definitive guide (formerly the Australian Master OHS & Environment Guide) is a first point of reference for work health and safety best practice and strategy. Written by WHS and legal experts, the guide provides key information on the challenges that professionals and organisations face in relation to WHS. It includes valuable information on legal obligations and risk management, and covers the latest changes brought about by the Work Health and Safety Act.

• Written in plain English and easy to follow
• Includes pro-forma policies and forms
• Features case studies addressing wellknown
  industrial accidents

Contents Includes:

Table of contents:  Master Work Health and Safety Guide
 
Part 1 Introduction to workplace health and safety 

1 About this Master Work Health and Safety Guide
2 The big picture
3 Management systems

Part 2 Legal issues in workplace health and safety

4 History of work health and safety laws
5 Overview of new work health and safety laws
6  Non-harmonised work health and safety laws
7 Related safety laws
8 Enforcement
9 The courts

Part 3 Principles of managing workplace health and safety
 
10 Governance
11 Consultation
12 Risk management
13 Training
14 Investigations
15 Workers compensation and injury management
16 Purchasing
17 Contractors
18 Documentation
19 Evaluation

Part 4 Understanding workplace health and safety risks 
 
20 Security 
21 Bullying and violence
22 Emergencies
23 Plant
24 Chemicals
25 Manual tasks
26 Noise
27 Stress and fatigue
28 Infection diseases
29 Construction
30 Mining
31 Oil and gas

Part 5 Additional material
32 Student advice
33 Sample security risk assessment

 

Product Includes:

One soft cover book