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Resources

Worker’s rights & hazardous manual handling FAQs

Work_and_Health

Work and Dermatitis

Working at Heights

Welding – safety of on-site structural welds

Welding work can make you feel sick

Welding and cancer – information from an industry body

Shoulder injuries

Sprains and Strains

Shiftwork and Fatigue Survey

Serious Injury or fatality checklist

Risk management process for manual tasks

Record of Consultation for Victoria

Record of Consultation for NT, SA, Queensland, Tasmania and Comcare

Record of Consultation for NSW and ACT

Guidelines for working shiftwork

Shift Work and Fatigue Fact Sheet

Removing the risks – the basic approach

Noise – its possible to engineer out noise

Noise – Listen Up – Booklet

Medical appointments – your rights

Medical checkups – asked for by the employer

Laboratories – Dusty work in Assay labs

Injured at Work Poster

Injured at work – Do & Don’t – wallet card

Working in heat

Health Monitoring for Workers

Health and Safety Rights Poster

Health and Safety Reps and committees – see NSW flyer on how much more H&S Reps can do

Hazards of Welding Fumes

Food industry – are your lungs protected?

Discomfort Survey

Dangers of Silica Dust

Dangers of Diesel Fumes

Chemical_Safety_Checklist

Casual Workers Health and Safety

Can you hear?

For your doctor: cancer was it caused by work

For your doctor: cancer and the link to work

Cancer and work

Beware spray painting mists

Bullying Survey

Bullying

Basic Health and Safety Rights

Back Injuries

Asthma and work

Was the accident/incident investigation effective?

Accident/incident -useful checklists – for internal use at a workplace

Health and Safety survey poster

‘Work Shouldn’t Hurt’ survey results

Managing risks associated with COVID-19 – Industry (Health and Safety) Standard

AMWU COVID-19 Controls Checklist

Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) Flow Chart
AMWU 2019 Health and Safety Manual

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Women’s Health and Safety

Welding

Spray Painting

Shiftwork Fatigue hours of work

Respiratory Protection

Noise

Mobile Plant – traffic management

Machinery and Equipment

Lung hazards

Hot and cold

Hazardous chemicals

Exhaust and diesel fumes

Electrical safety

Contractor safety

Confined spaces

Cancer and work

Bullying

Asthma

Asbestos

Alcohol and other Drugs
Links to useful web sites