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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Environment; material
Pig handling
Information about working with pigs, lifting and other factors.
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Hazardous chemicals; environment; plant, equipment and vehicle
Spray painting and powder coating
Spray painting is an efficient way to apply high-quality paint coatings to a wide range of surfaces, and it’s used in a variety of industries. Despite its benefits, the process is hazardous and presents a range of health and safety risks that need to be controlled.
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Environment; hazardous manual tasks
Cattle handling
Cattle are more unpredictable during cold windy weather, where cows have calves or if bulls are in proximity to cows in season.
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Hazardous manual tasks; plant, equipment and vehicle
Safe design and use of cattle crates
This page has information about safe design and use of cattle crates.
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Hazardous manual tasks; plant, equipment and vehicle
Safer field palletising on harvest aids
Risks and solutions associated with handling loads when manually loading crates, boxes or bags of produce onto pallets in a harvest aid.
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Hazardous manual tasks; plant, equipment and vehicle
Safe operation of fixed plant in packing sheds
Risks and solutions associated with specialised plant in enclosed environments such as farm packing sheds.
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Environment; plant, equipment and vehicle
Safe loading and unloading of cattle
In Queensland there have been many incidents where workers have been seriously or fatally injured during the loading or unloading of cattle.
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Hazardous manual tasks; plant, equipment and vehicle
Stockyard design
Many accidents occur on farms as a result of run-down and unsafe stockyards. Poorly designed stockyards result in more handling hours and increase the risk of injury to both the handler and stock.
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Hazardous chemicals; material
Flammable refrigerants
Find out about flammable refrigerants and your responsibilities for storing and handling them.
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Environment
Horse handling
Horses have the strength, speed and ability to cause injury if they are not handled properly.
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Hazardous chemicals
Anhydrous ammonia
Anhydrous ammonia is a colourless gas that has a strong smell and is toxic, corrosive and flammable. It serves as an effective industrial refrigerant gas, which presents unique challenges to safely manage.
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Electricity
Cathode protection systems
Cathodic protection systems are complex and you need a consultant or fully trained person in the installation, operation and testing of these systems.