Workplace Safety

Follow the links below to find information on workplace safety.

For information on work-related injury and occupational diseases, follow the links to the specific topic pages below.

Updated January 2009

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Title:   Workplace education services
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Information about the various workplace education services available from SunSmart.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Guidelines and policy: developing a workplace UV protection program
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Information about protecting workers from UV exposure by developing and implementing a workplace sun protection porgram, including sample policy and risk assessment.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Nursing
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about nurses and nursing.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Work-related stress
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Work-related stress has many causes including long hours, heavy workload, job insecurity, the threat of job loss or redundancy and conflicts with other workers or bosses. Symptoms of work-related stress may include depression, anxiety, a drop in work performance, feelings of being overwhelmed, fatigue, headaches and an increase in sick days or absenteeism. Companies and employers should recognise work-related stress as a significant health and safety issue.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   WorkingWell
Publisher:   DepressioNet
Description:   Working Well provides a unique interactive human service for employees and employers impacted by mild to moderate depression, integrating peer and professional support services.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Sun protection in the workplace
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Provides information and links to resources about sun protection in the workplace.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Magnetic & electric fields from power lines
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   On balance, the scientific evidence does not indicate that exposure to 50 Hz EMFs found around the home, the office or near power lines is a hazard to human health.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice & safety guide for radiation protection in veterinary medicine
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Code establishes requirements for adoption by Commonwealth, State and Territory jurisdictions that will provide a system for the safe use of veterinary radiation equipment and radioactive sources.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Workplace safety - overuse injuries
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) is a type of injury common to fingers, hands, wrists and elbows. OOS is also known as repetitive strain injury or RSI. It is caused by repetitive movements or awkward postures. Changes to workplace design and practices can alleviate or prevent the condition.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   FAISD handbook: handbook of first aid instructions, safety directions, warning statements and general safety precautions for agricultural and veterinary chemicals
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A consolidation of the First Aid Instructions, Warning Statements and General Safety Precautions applicable to Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals and Products, together with Safety Directions for those Products.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Comment on Draft Code of Practice for Radiation Protection in the use of Ionizing Radiation by Chiropractors
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Code deals with radiation protection of chiropractic clients and occupationally exposed persons arising from the chiropractic use of X-ray equipment. Submissions are invited on the draft by 1 May 2009
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Workplace safety
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Getting a job in your teen years has many benefits. There are, however, risks associated with any new job. Far too often young workers get needlessly hurt.....
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Workplace safety
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Getting a job in your teen years has many benefits.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Well workplaces
Publisher:   DepressioNet
Description:   If we work in an environment that doesn't support us physically, it is possible to experience increased stress levels, ill health and symptoms such as fatigue, poor concentration and short-term memory, and even depression if the symptoms are severe or they go on for a long period of time.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Alleviating stress or stress management
Publisher:   DepressioNet
Description:   Coping is an important part of the overall stress process. In order to accommodate the coping process of all employees, both the employees and employers need to take action.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Safety guide for radiation protection in radiotherapy
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Safety Guide is a supplement to the Code of Practice for Radiation protection in the Medical Application of Ionizing Radiation (RPS14). It provides advice and guidance on good radiation practice and on meeting the requirements of the Code.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Radiation Protection Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Radiation Protection Standard limits the occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation for artificial sources in the workplace, considered to be a controlled environment and provides guidance on minimising a person's exposure to uncontrollable sources of UVR, such as the sun.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Radiation Protection Standard for Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields - 3 kHz to 300 GHz (2002)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This standard specifies limits of human exposure to radiofrequecy fields in the range 3kHz to 300GHz to prevent adverse effects. It specifies basic restrictions for occupational exposure, general public exposure, and equipment and usage parameters. Also contains links to supporting documents.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Employment
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on health issues associated with employment, including unemployment and workplace safety.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Systematic Reviews on Workplace Safety
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to summaries of systematic reviews on safety in the workplace.
Date:   Jan 2009
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