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WorkSafe ACT publications fall into one of three categories:
Handbooks
Guide to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Safe Work Australia's Guide to the WHS Act
The following is a complete list of WorkSafe ACT handbooks:
WSACT HB 0001 - Leading Health and Safety at Work
WSACT HB 0002 - Six Steps to Risk Management
WSACT HB 0004 - Making Your Small Business Safer & Healthier
WSACT HB 0005 - Community Services Safety Pack
WSACT HB 0006 - Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls at Work
WSACT HB 0007 - Stresswise
WSACT HB 0008 - Risk Management Approach
WSACT HB 0009 - Managing Specific Risks and Hazards
WSACT HB 0010 - Work Injury, Rehabilitation and Disability Guide
WSACT HB 0011 - Preventing & Managing Harassment in the Workplace
WSACT HB 0012 - CafeSafe: Hospitality Sector Safety Guidance
WSACT HB 0013 - Introduction to Health and Safety
WSACT HB 0014 - Bullying - 1 Ten Steps to Managing and Preventing Bullying at Work
WSACT HB 0015 - Bullying - 2 I Think I am Being Bullied, What Should I Do?
WSACT HB 0016 - Bullying - 3 Recognising and Responding to Bullying at Work
WSACT HB 0017 - Bullying - 4 A Complete Complaints Resolution Process
WSACT HB 0019 - Bullying - Preventing and Responding to Bullying at Work
WSACT HB 0020 - Promoting Physical Activity and Wellbeing in the Workplace
WSACT HB 0021 - Workplace Arrangements: A Quick Guide
WSACT HB 0022 - Workplace Arrangements: A Detailed Guide
WSACT HB 0023 - Asbestos and the Home Mechanic
WSACT HB 0024 - Electrical Safety
WSACT HB 0025 - Forklift Safety
WSACT HB 0026 - Office Safety
WSACT HB 0027 - Quad Bikes on Farms
WSACT HB 0029 - Workplace Violence
WSACT HB 0030 - Major Hazards
WSACT HB 0031 - Small Business Toolkit
WSACT HB 0032 - Safe Moving of Clients
WSACT HB 0033 - Sexual Services Industry
WSACT HB 0034 - A Guide to Manual Tasks
WSACT HB 0035 - Workplace Fire and Emergency Systems
WSACT HB 0036 - Guidance to Working in Hot and Cold Environments
WSACT HB 0037 - Contractors and Sub-Contractors
WSACT HB 0038 - Managing Health and Safety in Food Retail: A Handbook for the Franchise Industry
WSACT HB 0039 - Volunteers
WSACT HB 0040 - Safe Design: Safe Structures, Systems, Workplaces
WSACT HB 0043 - A Guide to Risk Management of Public Events
WSACT HB 0044 - A Guide to Organising Public Events
WSACT HB 0045 - ACT Building and Construction Industry Safety Handbook
WSACT HB 0046 - A Guide to Sun Safety for Outdoor Workers
WSACT HB 0048 - The Dangerous Substances Act 2004: A Guide for Users
WSACT HB 0051 - A Guide for Fireworks Displays in the ACT
WSACT HB 0053 - Workers' Compensation Approval as an Approved Insurer in the ACT - Guide for Applicants
WSACT HB 0054 - Workers' Compensation Guide to Data and Reporting Requirements for Approved Insurers in the ACT
WSACT HB 0055 - Workers' Compensation Approval as a Self Insurer in the ACT - Guide for Applicants
WSACT HB 0056 - Workers' Compensation Guide to Data and Reporting Requirements for Self-Insurers in the ACT
WSACT HB 0058 - ACT Workers' Compensation Wages & Earnings Guide
WSACT HB 0060 - Guidelines for High Risk Work Assessors
WSACT HB 0061 - Guide on how to become an Approved Provider of HSR Training
WSACT HB 0062 - HSR Training Development Resources
WSACT HB 0064 - Dangerous Goods Drivers Licence - Suitable Persons Policy
WSACT HB 0065 - Six Steps to Small Business Safety
WSACT HB 0066 - Getting Home Safely Report
Guidance Notes
The following is a complete list of WorkSafe ACT Guidance Notes:
(These guidance notes are currently under review so items may be temporarily unavailable)
WSACT GN 0001 - About WorkSafe ACT
WSACT GN 0002 - Amenities on Housing Sites
WSACT GN 0003 - Site Security and Public Access onto Housing Construction Sites
WSACT GN 0004 - Construction Induction Cards
WSACT GN 0005 - Site Housekeeping
WSACT GN 0006 - Fall Protection in Housing Construction
WSACT GN 0010 - Health and Safety Policy Preparation
WSACT GN 0011 - Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs)
WSACT GN 0012 - Reporting workplace deaths, injuries and dangerous occurrences
WSACT GN 0013 - Infringement Notices
WSACT GN 0014 - Work Health and Safety Inspectors
WSACT GN 0015 - Personal Protective Equipment
WSACT GN 0016 - Prevention of Falls on Construction Sites
WSACT GN 0017 - Trenching and Excavation Work
WSACT GN 0018 - Working with Roof Trusses and Framing
WSACT GN 0020 - Portable Ladders
WSACT GN 0021 - Mobile phones and potential health risks
WSACT GN 0022 - Use of Flashback Arrestors
WSACT GN 0023 - Guidelines for Working Whilst Suspended from a Crane
WSACT GN 0024 - Portable Gas Heaters
WSACT GN 0025 - Scaffolding
WSACT GN 0026 - Use of Passenger Lift as a Builder's Lift
WSACT GN 0027 - Electrical Equipment - Inspect, Test and Tag
WSACT GN 0028 - Electrical Equipment - Shows and Carnivals
WSACT GN 0029 - Legionnaires' Disease
WSACT GN 0030 - Use of Non-Potable Water in the Workplace
WSACT GN 0031 - Registration and Inspection of Air Receivers
WSACT GN 0032 - Powered Mobile Plant - Managing Risk
WSACT GN 0033 - Powered Mobile Plant - Control System Examples
WSACT GN 0034 - Powered Mobile Plant - Warning Devices
WSACT GN 0039 - ACT Transition to the High Risk Work Licensing Scheme
WSACT GN 0041 - Working near Overhead Powerlines
WSACT GN 0042 - Dangerous Goods Class Labels
WSACT GN 0043 - Gas Safety at Public Events
WSACT GN 0044 - Placard, Manifest and Register Requirements
WSACT GN 0045 - Dangerous Substances Legislation
WSACT GN 0046 - Prohibition [ban] of Chrysotile Asbestos
WSACT GN 0047 - Formaldehyde Exposure from Pressed Wood Products
WSACT GN 0048 - Workers' Compensation - Private Sector General Information
WSACT GN 0049 - Workers' Compensation - Employer Obligations
WSACT GN 0050 - Workers' Compensation - Worker Obligations
WSACT GN 0051 - Workers' Compensation - Approved Insurers
WSACT GN 0052 - Workers' Compensation - Injury Management Process
WSACT GN 0053 - Workers' Compensation - Claims Process and Benefits
WSACT GN 0054 - Workers' Compensation - Default Insurance Fund
WSACT GN 0055 - Workers' Compensation - Register of Injuries and Injury Notice
WSACT GN 0056 - Workers' Compensation - Information Summary
WSACT GN 0057 - Workers' Compensation - Permanent Impairment
WSACT GN 0058 - Workers' Compensation - Insurer Obligations
WSACT GN 0059 - Workers' Compensation - Insurance Policy and Premium Information for Employers
WSACT GN 0060 - Workers' Compensation - Approved Workplace Rehabilitation Providers
WSACT GN 0061 - Workers' Compensation - Workers' Compensation Act 1951
WSACT GN 0062 - Workers' Compensation - Self Insurers
WSACT GN 0063 - Workers' Compensation - Infringement Notices
WSACT GN 0064 - Workers' Compensation - Conciliation
WSACT GN 0065 - Workers' Compensation - Nationally Consistent Approval Framework for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers
WSACT GN 0067 - Long Service Leave
WSACT GN 0068 - Frequently Asked Questions - Consultation
WSACT GN 0069 - Frequently Asked Questions - Incident Notification
WSACT GN 0070 - Frequently Asked Questions - Management of Risks
WSACT GN 0071 - Frequently Asked Questions - Volunteers
WSACT GN 0072 - Frequently Asked Questions - Work Health and Safety Legislation
WSACT GN 0073 - Frequently Asked Questions - WHS Entry Permit Holders
WSACT GN 0077 - Non-English Speakers and Multicultural Workers
WSACT GN 0078 - Guidance for Young Workers
WSACT GN 0079 - Dogging licences and slinging of loads in the ACT
WSACT GN 0080 - Slips, Trips and Falls for Young Workers
WSACT GN 0081 - Manual Handling for Young Workers
WSACT GN 0082 - Asbestos Management Plan
WSACT GN 0084 - How to Report a Notifiable Incident
WSACT GN 0086 - High Risk Licensing
WSACT GN 0092 - Upgrading to High Risk Work Licence
WSACT GN 0094 - Safety at Height
WSACT GN 0095 - Working in Isolation
WSACT GN 0096 - Demolition Notice
WSACT GN 0097 - Discriminatory, Coercive and Misleading Conduct
WSACT GN 0098 - Asbestos Training
WSACT GN 0099 - Bullying Complaint to WorkSafe ACT
WSACT GN 0100 - Suitably Qualified person
WSACT GN 0101 - General Construction Induction Training - Owner Builders
WSACT GN 0102 - Workers Compensation - Working Directors
WSACT GN 0103 - Working in the Summer Heat
WSACT GN 0104 - Placarding road transport vehicles
WSACT GN 0105 - Workers Compensation - Funding Regulatory Activity 2013 - 2014
WSACT GN 0106 - Supervision of Electrical Apprentices
WSACT GN 0107 - Electrical practices on construction and demolition sites
WSACT GN 0109 - Workers' Compensation - Cross Border Workers
WSACT GN 0110 - Supervision of Apprentices
WSACT GN 0112 - Home-Based Work
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Safety Alerts
The following is a complete list of WorkSafe ACT Safety Alerts:
WSACT SA 0001 - Failure of Two-way Radios During Cranage Work
WSACT SA 0002 - Maintenance of Forklift Trucks and other Plant
WSACT SA 0003 - Balustrades at Multi-level Shopping Centres and Other workplaces
WSACT SA 0004 - Potential Insulation Problems with the internal wiring of electric water heaters
WSACT SA 0005 - Walco Cantilever Platform Builders' Hoist
WSACT SA 0006 - Vegetable Slicer Hazard
WSACT SA 0007 - Outdoor Cafes
WSACT SA 0008 - Crown/Talon Mobile elevating work Platforms
WSACT SA 0009 - Hydrofluoric Acid Burns From Aluminium Cleaner
WSACT SA 0010 - Hazardous Machinery in Educational Establishments
WSACT SA 0011 - Jaw Crusher Hazard
WSACT SA 0012 - Failure of Hydraulic Expanding Clutch System - Mobile Crane
WSACT SA 0013 - Supermarket Trolley Collectors - Low Visibility Hazard
WSACT SA 0014 - Nail Gun safety
WSACT SA 0015 - Potential for Electric Shock from Contact with Energised (Live) Cables
WSACT SA 0016 - Steel Storage Pallet Racking Collapse
WSACT SA 0017 - Electric Shock Potential from Defective "Wigo" Hairdryer
WSACT SA 0018 - Unsafe Light Fittings in Sport Centres
WSACT SA 0019 - Vulcan Silhouette Wall Heater Recall
WSACT SA 0020 - Metal used in Fireworks Displays
WSACT SA 0021 - Security issues - suspect mail (chemical, biological and radiological contaminants)
WSACT SA 0022 - Gas Wall Oven (with separate grill)
WSACT SA 0023 - Safety of Dough Making Machines
WSACT SA 0024 - Harness Pole Strap Snap Hook
WSACT SA 0025 - Using a fitness ball as a chair
WSACT SA 0026 - Aluminium Air Receivers
WSACT SA 0027 - Vehicle Jacks - Air Bag Type
WSACT SA 0028 - Storing Gas Cylinders in Restaurants
WSACT SA 0029 - Two Post Vehicle Hoists
WSACT SA 0030 - Use of Stilts for Elevated Work
WSACT SA 0031 - Storage of Equipment on Containers
WSACT SA 0032 - Failure of Structural Bolts
WSACT SA 0033 - Failure of Twin Lanyard Fall Arrest System
WSACT SA 0034 - Energised (Live) Cables in Roof Spaces
WSACT SA 0035 - Access and Egress Issues - Frost Hazards
WSACT SA 0036 - Failure of Aluminium Prefabricated Stair Unit
WSACT SA 0037 - Penetrations and Voids
WSACT SA 0038 - Safety Issues with Light Fittings in Retail Stores and Centres
WSACT SA 0039 - Tiger Tails on Power Lines
WSACT SA 0040 - Altering Electrical Appliance Plugs
WSACT SA 0041 - Tipper Trucks and Trailers
WSACT SA 0042 - Tower Crane Incident
WSACT SA 0043 - Formwork Collapse Alert
WSACT SA 0044 - Vehicle Loading Crane Fatality
WSACT SA 0045 - Asbestos Incident
WSACT SA 0046 - Cuplock
WSACT SA 0047 - Safety issues When Installing Ceiling Insulation
WSACT SA 0049 - Safety Issues When Operating Concrete Pump Hoses
WSACT SA 0050 - Decorative Wall Tiles Containing Tremolite Asbestos
WSACT SA 0051 - Forklifts
WSACT SA 0052 - Clinical Waste
WSACT SA 0053 - Power Leads and Electrical Appliances
WSACT SA 0054 - Electrical Fatality
Forms and Checklists
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Posters
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Workers' Compensation Publications
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Dangerous Substances Publications
Click here to access WorkSafe ACT's dangerous substances publications [which may also be listed above].