Manufacturing - Publications by Type

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Safety and Health Alert

01-04 Employee amutates finger with beam saw (36541 bytes)
01-95 Lifting aluminium sheets (34080 bytes)
01-98 Power press guarding (39914 bytes)
01-99 Spontaneous combustion (33899 bytes)
02-01 Skid steer loader operator crushed by machine (33538 bytes)
03-00 Young worker injured by cardboard baling machine (38138 bytes)
03-02 Man fatally injured in concrete agitator (41139 bytes)
03-03 Two workers killed by mobile plant (45361 bytes)
03-09 Student work experience (41745 bytes)
03-95 The hazardous maintenance of machinery (34137 bytes)
03-96 Employee burnt in solvent fire (34494 bytes)
03-98 Use of roundslings-synthetic fibre (34379 bytes)
04-05 Fatal engagement of drill rig operator in drill string (43253 bytes)
04-95 Air trac drilling rig (33511 bytes)
04-97 Hydrofluoric acid burns from metal cleaner (40955 bytes)
05-02 Delivery driver fatally injured (34970 bytes)
05-03 Mobile crane outrigger base plate failure (36398 bytes)
05-94 Accident involving transfer car and kiln (33656 bytes)
05-95 Fatal accident-skid steer loader (34001 bytes)
05-96 Skid steer loader injuries (39589 bytes)
06-00 Electrical short results in death (42773 bytes)
06-02 Abattoir worker falls into scald tank (35251 bytes)
06-05 Oxidiser sparks chemical fire (114942 bytes)
06-09 Elevated work platf (37467 bytes)
06-94 Accident involving a beef hide puller (33550 bytes)
06-98 Working in confined spaces (38489 bytes)
07-01 Use of portable generators (38603 bytes)
07-03 Employee cut by machine blade (44765 bytes)
07-09 Fall from grid mesh (36870 bytes)
07-97 Working under a raised load (34272 bytes)
07-98 Q fever in abattoir (39322 bytes)
08-02 Chain sling failure (35573 bytes)
08-03 Trip hazard (35900 bytes)
08-08 Apprentice cabinet maker killed (36991 bytes)
08-94 Misuse of an over centre load-binding in an engineerin (33570 bytes)
09-01 Mobile equipment on pedestrian ramps (34958 bytes)
09-08 MP3 players (29154 bytes)
09-94 Serious injury-amputation of left arm (38500 bytes)
09-97 Glazier burnt cutting laminated glass (35410 bytes)
10-02 Explosion danger in cutting drums (39478 bytes)
10-94 Explosion during boat repairs (33985 bytes)
10-95 Spiral staircases-business services (39950 bytes)
10-96 Fitter injured by earthmover tyre (34344 bytes)
10-98 Pressurisation of fuel storage tanks (34225 bytes)
11-00 Severe conveyor incident (36940 bytes)
11-02 Apprentice loses hand in meat mincer (34606 bytes)
11-08 Apprentice cabinet maker killed (50246 bytes)
12-09_dry_powder_tanker (42580 bytes)
12-94 Serious injury amputation of arm (34557 bytes)
13-03 Employee slips into caustic degreasing tank (38235 bytes)
13 07 Concealed manufacturing defects in pipe fittings_and_f (43909 bytes)
13-94 Fatal accident-glass handling (34360 bytes)
14-96 Employee caught in fruit grading machinery (34284 bytes)
14-97 Worker crushed by moving part (43566 bytes)
15-00 Truck driver falls five metres accessing transfer auge (34666 bytes)
15-02 Collapse of operable (folding) wall (35782 bytes)
15-04 Explosions aluminium boat repairs (44700 bytes)
15-98 Ultraviolet radiation from mercury vapour (36879 bytes)
16-03 Worker injured in hay press (35352 bytes)
16-09 Workplace concrete collapses (41903 bytes)
16-94 (Revised) Accident involving a hunter scissor lift (34013 bytes)
16-95 Explosion during boat repairs (34799 bytes)
16-96 Welders killed by falling beams (34933 bytes)
16-98 Work in confined spaces (33996 bytes)
16-99 Skylarking burns down factory (34524 bytes)
17-04 Wood chipper disk failures (47383 bytes)
17-05 Isolation of plant and machinery (39964 bytes)
17-07 Tropical cyclones (48908 bytes)
17-09 Employee injured while inflating tyre (81601 bytes)
17-97 Removal of vehicle fuel tanks (35034 bytes)
18-94 Fatal accident-hydrofluoric acid (30680 bytes)
19-96 Falls from forklifts (38840 bytes)
20-95 Electrical shock from junctio box (38894 bytes)
20-96 Young worker using an angle grinder (35726 bytes)
21-01 Boilermaker loses eye in cutting disc accident (32984 bytes)
21-95 Elevating work platform collapse (33591 bytes)
21-99 Unsafe system for mixing chemicals (36231 bytes)
22-00 Young worker injured by power press (44196 bytes)
22-95 Overhead travelling crane failure (33836 bytes)
23-96 Spindle moulder accident (34133 bytes)
24-01 Welder burnt (37763 bytes)
24-95 Injuries associated with use of mobile phones (33491 bytes)
25-95 Hydrochloric acid bath chemical reaction (35119 bytes)
26-00 Forklift driver dies in forklift accident (40304 bytes)
29-00 Modified forklift alarms WorkSafe Western Australia (35580 bytes)
32-00 Incident on a DSV during heliox gas transfer (43246 bytes)
37-99 Explosion of wheelbarrow tyre during inflation (34790 bytes)
38-00 Person killed in mixing machine (35077 bytes)
38-99 Unsafe systems in aluminium boat construction (34593 bytes)
40-99 Steel block ejected from power press (35194 bytes)
41-99 Elevating work platform operator injured (42967 bytes)
43-99 Chain slips from chain shortener (34490 bytes)
44-99 MIG Welding wire injures eye (34369 bytes)
54-99 Occupational asthma associated with exposure to isocya (37669 bytes)
56-99 Trained fork lift operator injured (34570 bytes)
57-99 Falls from heights-boatbuilding (35383 bytes)

Brochure

About WorkSafe (128520 bytes)
Commission for Occupational Safety and Health (152997 bytes)
Residual current devices (RCD's) (141341 bytes)
The Commission for Occupational Safety and Health (152997 bytes)
ThinkSafe small business assistance program (441756 bytes)

Bulletin

Agents providing workers-Apprentices and trainees (237599 bytes)
Agents providing workers -Labour hire (238093 bytes)
Asbestos:Nationwide ban (90460 bytes)
Electing safety and health representatives (160394 bytes)
Employer provided accomodation and general duty of care (152555 bytes)
Enforceable undertakings (144005 bytes)
Gloves-selection use and maintenance (152548 bytes)
Host employer apprentices and trainees (249097 bytes)
Host employers-labour hire (254801 bytes)
Labour hire industry and duty of care (153820 bytes)
Machine guarding (70803 bytes)
New licence for high risk work (664258 bytes)
Prevent lead poisoning (1105505 bytes)
Provisional improvement notice (165248 bytes)
Tips for investigating accidents and incidents (95496 bytes)
Working with hydrofluoric acid (1936931 bytes)

Code of practice

Abrasive blasting (464984 bytes)
First aid, workplace amenities and personal protective clothing (416618 bytes)
Managing noise at workplaces (1626151 bytes)
Manual handling (1965546 bytes)
Occupational safety and health in call centres (281296 bytes)
Prevention and control of legionnaires disease (177275 bytes)
Prevention of falls at workplaces (995672 bytes)
Revocation_AS4024 (11719 bytes)
Spray painting (860008 bytes)
Styrene (266661 bytes)
Violence aggression and bullying at work (571789 bytes)
Working hours (149884 bytes)
Working hours risk management guidelines (99609 bytes)

Guidance note

Alcohol and other drugs at the workplace (746565 bytes)
Controlling hazards in the electroplating industry (81012 bytes)
Controlling isocyanate hazards at work (107390 bytes)
Controlling wood dust hazards at work (20457 bytes)
Dealing with bullying at work-a guide for workers-Bahasa Malay) (65963 bytes)
Dealing with bullyingat work (a guide for workers)-(Chinese) (175733 bytes)
Dealing with bullying at work (a guide for workers) (English) (750573 bytes)
Formal Consultative Processes:complete (763952 bytes)
Gas welding safety flashback arresters (1573847 bytes)
General duty of care in Western Australian workplaces (296372 bytes)
Guidelines for the development of industry codes of practice (84397 bytes)
Isolation of plant (630893 bytes)
Occupational safety and health management and contaminated sites (263399 bytes)
Plant design (485071 bytes)
Plant in the workplace (498181 bytes)
Powered mobile plant (650673 bytes)
Preparing for emergency evacuations at the workplace (530105 bytes)
Prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning (73097 bytes)
Provision of information on hazardous substances (MSDS) (442229 bytes)
Safe movement of vehicles at workplaces (326190 bytes)
Safe use of chemicals in the woodworking industry (984460 bytes)
Safe use of woodworking machinery (856245 bytes)
Soldering in the workplace-rosin fluxes (215974 bytes)
Working alone (110592 bytes)
Working safely with forklifts (163176 bytes)

Guide

A guide to testing and tagging (73954 bytes)
Hazardous or combustible dusts, fumes and fibres (83635 bytes)
Machine and Equipment Safety-An introduction (983139 bytes)
Priority area checklists (100079 bytes)
Priority_area_checklists_malay (336683 bytes)
Priority_area_checklists_mandarin (591453 bytes)
Safety tips for new and young workers (639668 bytes)
Skin cancer and outdoor work (698403 bytes)
Slips, trips and falls preventiong guide (49458 bytes)
The First Step (866383 bytes)
The First Step-Bahasa Malay (158371 bytes)
The First Step-Mandarin (502195 bytes)
The next step (300184 bytes)

Guideline

Armed hold-ups and cash handling (89051 bytes)
Multipurpose machine operators (78709 bytes)
Overhead power lines (217697 bytes)

Information kit

WorkSafe assessment (355879 bytes)

SafetyLine Magazine

For osh professionals-Issue 06 (213964 bytes)
For OSH Professionals Issue 2 (182229 bytes)
For OSH Professionals Issue 3 - June 2007 (65116 bytes)
For OSH Professionals Issue 4 - Sept 2007 (270654 bytes)
For OSH Professionals Issue 5 - Dec 2007 (50108 bytes)
For OSH Professionals Issue 7 - Sept 2008 (106202 bytes)
For Safety and Health representatives Issue 1 - Dec 2006 (207193 bytes)
For Safety and Health representatives Issue 2 - April 2007 (220165 bytes)
For Safety and Health representatives Issue 3 - July 2007 (474722 bytes)
For Safety and Health representatives Issue 4 - Sept 2007 (294520 bytes)
For Safety and Health representatives issue 5 - Dec 2007 (783397 bytes)
For Safety and Health Representatives-Issue 8-Sept 08 (326507 bytes)
For Safety and Health Representatives issue 9 (451730 bytes)
For Safety and Health Reps -Issue 06 -April 08 (609898 bytes)
For Safety and Health Reps Issue 10 April 2009 (2801133 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 1 - Dec 2006 (187407 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 2 - April 2007 (180403 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 3 - June 2007 (127858 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 4 - Sept 2007 (305532 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 5 - Dec 2007 (115385 bytes)
For Small Business Issue 6 - July 2008 (377630 bytes)
For Small Business issue 7 (93835 bytes)
SafetyLine Issue 61 - Aug 2005 (436708 bytes)
SafetyLine Issue 63 - April 2006 (343321 bytes)
SafetyLine Issue 64 - Sept 2006 (1765411 bytes)

Notes

Provisional Improvement Notices Extra notes (151413 bytes)

Poster

Come home safe poster (dad) (207530 bytes)
Come home safe poster (dizzy) (172930 bytes)
Come home safe -ways to make your workplace safe-flyer (647131 bytes)

Annual reports

Accredited training course for safety and health representatives (48740 bytes)

Campaign reports

ThinkSafe: evaluation 1996 (36946 bytes)
ThinkSafe: evaluation 1997-98 (37568 bytes)
ThinkSafe: evaluation 2002 (45059 bytes)
ThinkSafe: evaluation 2004 (54587 bytes)

Statistics

Manufacturing (43082 bytes)