Hazards index
Hazards are anything that can cause harm and every place of work has them. Understanding the hazards at your work can help you manage risks and keep workers safe and healthy.
This information will help you identify the hazards at your work and the steps you can take to reduce or remove risks for yourself and your workers.
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Mental health
Mental health
Psychological health and safety is about protecting the psychological health of workers, in the same way that we protect their physical health. Find out how you can play an active role in ensuring the psychological health and safety of workers.
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Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The work people do can positively or negatively affect their health. There are many ways that organisations can improve their work processes to improve productivity and workers' health and to reduce chronic disease risks.
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Electricity
Electricity
Electricity can kill if you give it the chance. Learn about your legal obligations and the steps you can take to stay safe when working around electricity.
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Hazardous chemicals
Hazardous chemicals
Hazardous chemicals are common in a wide variety of workplaces. Businesses must identify the hazards of all the hazardous chemicals onsite and safely manage their storage and handling and use.
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Environment; material
Lead
Lead can be inhaled through dust or fumes or swallowed through eating contaminated food or smoking with contaminated fingers. Untreated lead poisoning in adults, children and pets can be fatal.
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Hazardous manual tasks
Hazardous manual tasks
Sprains and strains are the most common workplace injury and the vast majority are caused by hazardous manual tasks, which is also known as manual handling. Learn what you can do to keep workers safe.
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Environment
Noise
To manage the risk of hearing loss from exposure to noise at work you must protect workers from noise in excess of the noise exposure standard and provide audiometric testing for certain workers. Designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of noise emitting plant also have responsibilities.
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Health and wellbeing
Managing chronic disease at work
With many Queensland workers affected by chronic disease, it is important to identify and manage chronic disease risk factors at work.
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Hazardous chemicals; material
Pesticides
Pesticides are hazardous chemicals including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides that present a risk to health if precautions are not taken.
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Hazardous chemicals; environment; material
Respirable crystalline silica
Dust containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is created by certain processes when working with materials that contain silica. When breathed in, RCS exposure over time can cause fatal lung disease. Find out more about your legal obligations to manage RCS exposure and how to keep workers safe.
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Hazardous chemicals
Carcinogens
Some hazardous chemicals, called carcinogens, may cause cancer. Carcinogens can be found in a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, scientific research and healthcare.
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Environment; health and wellbeing
Novel coronavirus
It doesn’t matter if you’re a worker or someone who is responsible for workers, you must identify and manage work health and safety risks including the exposure to COVID-19.