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Provides information for duty holders, primarily for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs), on their duties and obligations under the model WHS laws, identifying and assessing the risks from using an industrial rope access system, control measures to manage the risks, and safe planning and use of an industrial rope access system.

This case study illustrates four key WHS principles that apply to all WHS duties in the model WHS Act.

How and when to prepare and use a crystalline silica hazard control statement (hazard control statement) for high risk crystalline silica work (HRCSW).

The national workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica has been halved from an eight hour time-weighted average airborne concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) to 0.05 mg/m3; this new workplace exposure standard takes effect in Queensland from 1 July 2020.

Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.

Provides practical guidance for a person conducting a business or undertaking and workers on managing health and safety risks associated with tunnelling work.

Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with spray painting and powder coating.

Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to manage health and safety risks associated with welding processes in their workplace.

Provides practical guidance to PCBUs on how to effectively consult with workers who carry out work for the business or undertaking and who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a health and safety matter.

Provides practical work health and safety information for duty holders, primarily for ‘persons conducting a business or undertaking’ (PCBUs), on the duties and obligations under the model WHS laws, identifying and assessing risks associated with installing solar panels on rooftops, control measures to manage the risks, and how to plan and safely undertake rooftop solar installation work.