Working in heat: managing heat stress on construction sites
How the WHS laws treat heat as a hazard to be managed, the controls that work on construction sites, and how to spot and respond to heat-related illness.
Work Health & Safety
WHS law, SWMS, high-risk construction work and site safety in Australia.
Hazardous chemicals on site: SDS, registers and labelling
What the WHS Regulations require for chemicals on a building site: GHS 7 labels, current safety data sheets, a register, manifest thresholds, storage, spill control and health monitoring.
Hazardous manual tasks: what the WHS rules require
What counts as a hazardous manual task, what the WHS Regulations require of PCBUs and designers, and practical controls for construction sites.
Excavation and trenching: what the rules require
What the WHS Regulations require before and during excavation: underground services information, the 1.5 m trench rule, support systems and SWMS.
Demolition work in Australia: rules and notification
What the WHS Regulations require for demolition: high risk construction work, notice to the regulator, asbestos before demolition and planning.
Noise and vibration on site: exposure standards and controls
What the WHS Regulations require for noise on site, when workers need hearing tests, how to manage hand-arm and whole-body vibration, and neighbour noise rules.
Asbestos in buildings: what builders and renovators must know
What the WHS Regulations require before you disturb asbestos: registers, identification before refurbishment, the 10 square metre licence threshold, notification and clearance.