| Document ID (ISN) | 60790 |
| CIS number |
93-1529 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-949338-92-3 |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Trotman J.
The Victorian Congress of Employer Associations |
| Title |
Occupational health and safety handbook |
| Bibliographic information |
Information Australia, A.C.N. 006 042 173, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia, 2nd edition, 1992. xv, 268p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
This manual is divided into five parts: Part 1 - General information (government authorities; costs and benefits of OHS; understanding Acts, Regulations, Codes and Awards); Part 2 - Requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 (duties of employers and employees; procedures for dealing with OHS issues; OHS representatives and committees; role of inspectors; for text of the Act, see CIS 88-1751); Part 3 - Specific OHS issues (reporting and recording of accidents and injuries; fire hazards; machine guarding; manual handling; occupational over-use syndrome; noise; asbestos; chemicals; hot working conditions; smoking in the workplace; personal protective equipment; first aid; general facilities; walk-through surveys; OHS training; sick building syndrome and Legionnaires' disease); Part 4 - Related issues (industrial waste, air and water pollution; alcohol in the workplace; AIDS in the workplace; opposition policy on OHS; Part 5 - Directory of OSH products and services. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Australia; plant safety and health organization; safety and health engineering; Victoria |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
welfare facilities; hot workplaces; noise; asbestos; alcoholism; smoking; fire hazards; legionellosis; industrial waste; immunodeficiency syndrome; manual handling; manuals; sick building syndrome; economic aspects; first aid; personal protective equipment; pollution control; chemical hazards; legislation; machinery guarding regulations; role of labour inspection; repetitive strain injury; comment on law; workers' participation; safety checks; safety and health committees; responsibilities; safety and health training; notification of occupational accidents |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Sick building syndrome
Workers' participation
Alcohol and drug abuse
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