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Hazardous substances can include: biological agents – such as fungi, bacteria, viruses natural substances – such as grain, flour or enzyme dusts substances generated by work –...

Inspections are a key part of good health and safety management. They allow you to check that your workplace and work activities are healthy and safe. Workplace inspections help...

Health Risks at Work is a national campaign to inform and educate workers and their managers about some of the common health risks experienced in many workplaces. Every...

As an employer, it is important that you understand: the work activities undertaken by your workers the dangers these activities create the steps needed to keep your workers...

As an employer, you have a duty of care to protect your employees and yourself from workplace hazards. Employees also have a responsibility to protect themselves and others. If not...

Healt​hy muscles, bones and joints are important to a fit, active lifestyle, and a safe and secure working life. To protect these from injury and illness, such as back pain or...

​Workplace exposure to loud noise can affect hearing. The louder the noise, the more damage it can cause and in some cases, it can lead to permanent hearing loss. You, your...

Once you have identified any risk of exposure to your workers, you then need to consider how to protect them. You should consider control measures, in the following order. These...

As well as occupational health specialists, employees can carry out their own health surveillance. Here you'll find information about the role of a responsible person in...

There are a number of things you can do to help prevent or reduce the risk of exposure to skin. Eliminate unnecessary chemicals from a work process. For example, use disposable...