Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces

5

Section 1.1 – chapter reference amended to Chapter 10.

40

Figure 31 adjusted so the self-closing gate is not at the top of the access ladder.

Demolition Work

14

Section 3.5 – text amended as the National Occupational Licensing System has been discontinued.

Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work

37

Appendix C – Table C1, the color coding in row 84 column 10h* (100) and row 83 column 12*h (96) `changed from red to yellow.

How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace

10

Section 1.2 – the following text has been added to the final dot point in the table:

‘reduce the risk of the exposure to asbestos to below the exposure standard and notify the regulator about the emergency.’

26

The hyperlink has been updated.

Assessment of Site Contamination National Environmental Protection Measure (NEPM)

www.nepc.gov.au/nepms/assessment-site-contamination>

29

Section 5.4 – text amended in 15^th dot point to specify that the title of the health monitoring guide is ‘Health Monitoring for Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals - Guide for persons conducting a business or undertaking’

62

The symbol ‘mm’ amended to ‘µm’ in the first row of the table.

Excavation Work

17

Section 4.1 – text in first paragraph amended so the two sentences are joined by ‘unless’.

40

Section 6.2 – Figure 15 number 1 – text changed from 600 mm to 1000 mm and ‘both sides’ changed to ‘the side’.

First Aid in the Workplace

11

Section 3.2 – text amended to read:

‘Further information on the design and use of signs is available in AS 1319 - Safety Signs for the Occupational Environment.’

12

Section 3.3 – text amended from ‘automatic defibrillators’ to ‘automated external defibrillators’.

14

Section 3.5 – text amended as the nationally endorsed first aid units of competency have been superseded by new units.

24

Appendix D - text amended in second paragraph under sub-heading ‘Contaminated Items’ to read:

‘Guidance on the design, construction, colour and markings of sharps containers is provided in…’

24

Appendix D – references to Australian Standards under sub-heading ‘Contaminated Items’ have been amended.

Spray Painting and Powder Coating

12

Removed ‘In addition’ at the start of the 2^nd paragraph in section 2.2.

35

Regulation 66 amended to simplify the wording.

9

Regulation 382 amended to ensure consistency with the technical amendment made to the model WHS Regulations. The following dot point was removed from the grey box.

·         free silica (crystalline silicon dioxide)

19

Section 3.1 – text amended by adding ‘or’ at the end of the first dot point.

Labelling of Workplace Hazardous Chemicals

25

Appendix A – definition of ‘In Transit’ amended to ensure consistency with WHS Regulations.

105

App I

The hyperlinks have been updated.

·                     ADG Code, class labels and publication information

www.ntc.gov.au/heavy-vehicles/safety/australian-dangerous-goods-code/

·                     Model Code of Practice: Preparation of Safety Data Sheets

www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/safety-data-sheets-hazardous-chemicals-cop

·                     GHS hazard pictograms for download

www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/pictograms.html

·                     GHS revision 3 – Official text and corrigenda:

www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_welcome_e.html

·                     Labelling codes for Agricultural and Veterinary chemicals

apvma.gov.au/registrations-and-permits/labelling-codes

·                     SUSMP publication information

www.tga.gov.au/industry/scheduling-poisons-standard.htm

·                     UN Model Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods

www.unece.org/trans/danger/danger.html

Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals

6

Section 1.3 – text amended in the table to read:

Must provide the current SDS to any person, if the person is likely to be affected by the chemical or asks for the SDS.

95

App.E

The hyperlinks have been updated.

·                     Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS) (NICNAS) www.nicnas.gov.au/regulation-and-compliance/aics

·                     Chemical Assessment Reports (NICNAS) www.nicnas.gov.au/chemical-information

·                     Exposure Standards (Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants)

·                     Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) (United Nations) http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_welcome_e.html

·                     Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances (OECD) www.echemportal.org

·                     HSIS database http://hsis.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/

·                     Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (ECHA) http://echa.europa.eu/reach_en.asp

Managing risks of plant in the workplace

3

Section 3.4 added to Table of Contents.

4

Wording in paragraph 3 of Scope and application ‘[under development]’ after ‘The Code of Practice: Safe Design, Manufacture, Import and Supply of Plant’ removed.

8

Section 1.3 – wording in fifth paragraph ‘[under development]’ after ‘The Code of Practice: Safe Design, Manufacture, Import and Supply of Plant’ removed.

16-17

Section 3.1 – second hand plant text updated.

27

Section 4.1 – wording in Figure 2 ‘Food mixer with an interlocking arm’ removed.

30

Section 4.1 – wording in Figure 7 ‘Presence – sensing safeguard system’ removed.

39-41

Appendix A revised in line with Schedule 5 amendments to the WHS Regulations.

Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace

28

Section 5.1 – two references changed from ‘safe work procedure’ to ‘safe work principle’.

Construction Work

5

Scope and application amended to reflect that additional material on housing construction has been included.

34-36

Table of examples of construction work has been moved from section 1.1 to Appendix A.

8

New section 1.2 titled ‘What is not construction work’.

8

New section 1.3 titled ‘What is a structure’.

8

Examples of structures in housing construction inserted.

9

New section 1.4 titled ‘What is high risk construction work’.

9

New section 1.5 titled ‘What is a construction project’.

10

Minor changes to language and additional information about principal contractors added to new section 1.5 ‘What is a construction project’.

10

New Section 1.6 titled ‘Other terms used in this code’ – includes definitions of builder, subcontractor, owner-builder and designer.

11

Section 1.7 is titled ‘Who has health and safety duties relating to construction work’.

11

Section 1.7 ‘Who has health and safety duties relating to construction work’ now has specific information on multiple and shared duties, including targeted information for the housing construction sector.

11

New Section 1.8 titled ‘What is required to manage risks in construction’ (was section 2.2 in previous version).

12

Section 1.8 includes specific information on consulting with other duty holders and examples.

16

Section 2 is now titled ‘Specific duties relating to construction work’.

16

Section 2.1 is now titled ‘Persons conducting a business or undertaking’ and includes the previous sections on ‘designers’, ‘person that commissions construction work’, ‘principal contractor’, ‘persons who have management or control of a workplace at which construction work is carried out’, ‘persons carrying out high risk construction work’ and ‘other duties’. Some of these have been subject to minor amendments.

16

Footnote added to clarify application of WHS duties to principal contractors.

18

New Section 2.2 titled ‘Officers’.

19

New Section 2.3 titled ‘Workers’.

19

New Section 2.4 titled ‘Other persons’.

21

Section 3.3 ‘Controlling the risks’ includes additional introductory paragraph about specific control measures to control risks and provides an example.

21

Minimising the risk by substituting one of the following control measures (substitution) – example of substituting a manual task with a material hoist or craning material has been replaced with an example involving substitution of solvent-based paint with water-based paint.

21

Minimising the risk by substituting one of the following control measures (engineering controls) – additional examples included.

22

Minimising the risk by using administrative controls now includes additional example about scheduling tasks.

22

Combination of control measures – additional text added before examples.

22

Combination of control measures – additional example included for housing construction industry.

24

Section 4.1 ‘What is a SWMS’ text has been amended.

24

Section 4.1 ‘Who is responsible for preparing a SWMS’ text has been amended.

25

Section 4.2 ‘Preparing a SWMS’ has been revised.

26

Section 4.3 ‘Implementing a SWMS’ has additional text about monitoring the SWMS.

27

‘Keeping the SWMS and making it available’ – text has been amended.

27

Section 4.4 ‘Reviewing a SWMS’ – text has been amended.

28

Section 5.1 ‘What is a WHS management plan’ – text has been amended.

28

Section 5.2 ‘What must the WHS management plan contain’ – text has been amended. Title in previous version was ‘Preparing a WHS management plan contain?’

28

Section 5.3 ‘How to prepare a SWMS’ has been amended and refers to further information in appendices.

29

Section 5 – addition of Section 5.4 ‘Informing people about the WHS management plan’.

29

Addition of Section 5.5 ‘Reviewing and revising a WHS management plan’.

29

Section 5.6 ‘Keeping the WHS management plan’.

50

Information on preparing WHS management plans moved to Appendix F.

30

Section 6 ‘Information, training, instruction and supervision’ – additional text included.

31

Section 6.1 ‘General construction induction training’ – text has been amended.

31

‘General construction induction training cards’ – text has been amended, including addition of an example for housing construction.

31

Section 6.2 is now titled ‘Workplace specific induction training’ and text has been amended.

32

Section 6.3 ‘Other training’ – text has been amended.

32

Section 6.4 ‘Supervision’ – text has been amended.

33

Section 7 – ‘General workplace management arrangements’ – text amended to refer to principal contractor instead of PCBU as in previous version of code.

33

Section 7 ‘General workplace management arrangements’ – significant amounts of text moved to appendix.

34

New Appendix A: Examples of construction work

37

New Appendix B: Examples of high risk construction work

39

New Appendix C: Design duties

43

New Appendix D: Safe Work Method Statement Template

47

New Appendix E: Safe Work Method Statement Example

50

New Appendix F: Preparing a WHS Management Plan

52

New Appendix G: WHS Management Plan Template

54

New Appendix H: Sample Completed WHS Management Plan

57

New Appendix I: Housing construction workplace management arrangements

64

New Appendix J: General construction workplace management arrangements

Confined spaces

5

Section 1 – text amended in fourth dot point to read ‘asphyxiation resulting from oxygen deficiency or immersion in a free-flowing material, such as grain, sand, fertiliser, water or other liquids’.

Hazardous Manual Tasks

23

Section 4.1 ‘Hierarchy of control’ table – text amended to read ‘Train workers to use control measures implemented when carrying out manual tasks’.

How to safely remove asbestos

5

Foreword amended to include following text:

The WHS Act and Regulations may be complied with by following another method, such as a technical or an industry standard, if it provides an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety

than the code.

10

Section 1.3 – text amended in first dot point under sub-heading ‘Examples of Class A or B licensed asbestos removal work’ to read:

The area to be removed is 12 m² in total so the person must be a licensed asbestos removalist and the material to be removed is non-friable so the work can be done by a Class A or Class B licensed asbestos removalist.

36

Text amended in the first dot point of box to read ‘Warning: do not reuse…’

63

Text amended in the note to specify that an asbestos removal clearance certificate must be completed by the independent licensed asbestos assessor.

Welding Processes

5

Section 1.2 – text has been amended to read:

Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or substances used in welding must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the plant or substance is without risks to health and safety.

17

Section 3.6 – text amended in the fifth dot point to reflect the requirements in Australian Standard AS 4839.

17

Section 3.6 – text amended in the seventh dot point to read:

‘Keep all sources of heat and ignition away from gas cylinders, even if the cylinders do not contain flammable material’.

Preventing Falls in Housing Construction

19

Text amended in paragraph after Figure 4 to read:

‘Where trenching works present a risk of a person falling into the trench, any such risk should be controlled by...’