Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2020.
(Current)
Short Description
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.
Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2019.
(Current)
Short Description
Silicosis is preventable by using proper controls to eliminate or minimise expo sure to respirable crystalline silica dust in the workplace.
Type
Publisher
Western Australia Government
Publisher
Western Australia Government
Version:
2019.
(Current)
Short Description
The Western Australia guide to standards and tolerances 2019 (the Guide) has been developed for use by builders and building owners as a convenient reference for acceptable standards of workmanship in residential building construction; it is intended to address areas that are not prescribed under legislation or under a home building contract.
Type
Publisher
Western Australia Government
Publisher
Western Australia Government
Version:
2011.
(Current)
Short Description
This Act is called the Building Act 2011. (WA legislation.)
Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2022.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage risks associated with respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure in construction work; manufacturing of construction elements.
Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2021.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace; this includes architects, building designers and engineers; this Code is also relevant for anyone making decisions that influence the design outcome, such as clients, developers and builders.
Type
Name
Name
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2021.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties relating to scaffolds, scaffolding and scaffolding work.
Type
Name
Name
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2004.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides advice aimed at preventing the risk of injury or death to persons undertaking steel construction and other persons at the workplace.
Type
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2003.
(Current)
Short Description
This code of practice applies to the principal safety issues associated with tilt-up and pre-cast construction; it includes basic guidance on casting of panels, panel lifting and rigging systems, propping and securing of panels and work at height associated with panels and other pre-cast concrete elements; it does not consider all issues in this type of construction but focuses on the primary safety issues; this code of practice does not discuss pre-tensioning and post-tensioning of concrete elements.
Type
Name
Name
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Publisher
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland
Version:
2017.
(Current)
Short Description
Provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with their health and safety duties when carrying out work with tower cranes.