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A To Z Of Hazards

This A to Z guide contains important information on workplace hazards common to many workplaces.

Look out for regular updates to this section, which supplies details of hazard types, appropriate safety measures to take, what the employer responsibilities are, and which legislation applies.

If there is additional material you would like to see or you would like to provide feedback, please email NSW Labor Council OHS Officer Mary Yaager at m.yaager@labor.org.au or OHS journalist Phil Doyle at phil@esentialmedia.com.au. Mary and Phil can also be contacted toll free on 1800 688 919.


A to K | L to N | O to Z


Hazards A to K

*AIDS/HIV

*Accident and Injury Notification

*Air Conditioning

*Air Quality

*Aluminium Phosphine (Phostoxin)

*Amenities

*Asbestos

*Asbestos Cement Sheeting

*Brucellosis

*Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

*Call Centres

*Chemical Safety for Food Workers

*Codes of Practice

*Cold Stress

*Committees, Safety Reps and Consultation

*Cotton Farmers And Powerline Safety

*Dermatitis

*Dust (Including Cotton and Wood Dust)

*Electricity

*Entertainment

*Hairdressing, Nail and Beauty Safety

*Hazardous Chemicals

*Health Hazards in Construction Sites

Hazards L to N

*Latex Allergy

*Lead Based Paint in Construction Work

*Lead: How to Work Safely

*Media

*Mobile Phones and Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR)

Hazards O to Z

*Occupational Asthma

*Passive Smoking

*Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

*Photocopiers

*Portable Fire Extinguisher Guide

*Powerlines

*Q Fever

*Reproductive Hazards

*Shiftwork and Extended Hours

*Sick Building Syndrome

*Silica Dust and Respiratory Disease

*Silicosis

*Skin Cancer and Outside Work

*Smoking & the Environment

*Smoking - Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Passive Smoking

*Smoking - Environmental Tobacco Smoking and the Law

*Solvents at Work

*Synthetic Mineral Fibres (SMF)

*Violence In The Workplace

*Wood Dust

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