Worksafe Australia

Worksafe Australia (1989). Cyanide Poisoning, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Publication Number WAP 89/032. Canberra, Australia Australian Government Publishing Service. 

Worksafe Australia recommends an 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) exposure limit of 0.03 mg/m. ... 

Worksafe Australia promotes the view that safety pays as one of its strategies for focussing management attention on OHS. At the time of writing it has produced a set of six best practice case studies purporting to show that best practice in the area of OHS enhances competitiveness and profit. Worksafe draws on several of the arguments outlined above. A discussion of these studies thus provides an opportunity to concretise some of those ideas and to evaluate them in a rather more detailed way. 

Various commentators are now arguing that management attention to health and safety pays off in terms of higher productivity and hence profit (e.g. Oxenburgh 1991 Mathews 1993). The coal rniriing industry is cited in support of these claims, in part because of the very good data available from the Joint Coal Board (Mathews 1993, p. 49 Ore 1992, p. 8 Worksafe Australia Newsletter, vol. 7, no. 4 p. 4 no. 5 p. 2). 

This book is the outcome of a research project funded in part by a grant from Worksafe Australia, whose support is gratefully... 

Worksafe Australia. (1994). Positive Performance Indicators. Issues and Applications. Canberra AGPS. 

Worksafe Australia. (1995). Occupational Health and Safety Considerations for Workplace Agreements. Sydney Worksafe Australia. 

Worksafe Australia. (1998). National Guidelines for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Competencies into National Industry Competency Standards. (NOHSC 7025). Canberra AGPS. 

Winder, C. (1993). Are MSDS Good Enough Health and Safety at Work, 11(2), 5-8. Worksafe Australia. (1990). Guidance Note for Emergency Service Manifests. (NOHSC 3010). Canberra AGPS. 

Worksafe Australia. (1996). National Standard and National Code of Practice for the Control ofMcgor Hazard Facilities. (NOHSC 1014,2016) Canberra AGPS. 

With acknowledgement to WorkSafe Australia (1996) - see Further Reading at the end of this chapter.)... 

It is impossible to specify with ary accuracy, maximum weights that may be handled in industry because of the variety of factors in the load, the handler and the handling enviromnent, which affect ease and safety of handling. However, the Worksafe Australia Code of Practice for Manual Handling, for example, recommends that no person, whatever their fitness level or strength, should be required to handle a load above 55 kg without some form of assistance. 

Worksafe Australia. (1990). National Standardfor Manual Handling and National Code of Practice for Manual Handling. NOHSC NS001-1990 CP004-1990 Canberra AGPS. 

Worksafe Australia. (1992). National Guidelines for OHS Competency Standards for the Operation of Loadshiftine Equipment and Other Types of Specified Equipment. (NOHSC 7019). Canberra AGPS. 

In 1994 Worksafe Australia funded a study into the relation between direct and indirect cost associated with occupational injury in Australia (Larsson Betts, 1996). The results of this study indicated that few employers operating a small business meet their obligations under the Accident... 

Mayhew, C (1997) Barriers to Implementation of Known Occupational Health and Safety Solutions in Small Business. Worksafe Australia and the Queensland Government Division of Workplace Health and Safety. 

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