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HOWTOMANAGEWORKHEALTHANDSAFETYRISKSCodeofPracticeDECEMBER2011SafeWorkAustraliaisanAustralianGovernmentstatutoryagencyestablishedin2009.SafeWorkAustraliaconsistsofrepresentativesoftheCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernments,theAustralianCouncilofTradeUnions,theAustralianChamberofCommerceandIndustryandtheAustralianIndustryGroup.SafeWorkAustraliaworkswiththeCommonwealth,stateandterritorygovernmentstoimproveworkhealthandsafetyandworkers’compensationarrangements.SafeWorkAustraliaisanationalpolicybody,notaregulatorofworkhealthandsafety.TheCommonwealth,statesandterritorieshaveresponsibilityforregulatingandenforcingworkhealthandsafetylawsintheirjurisdiction.ISBN978-0-642-33301-8[PDF]ISBN978-0-642-33302-5[RTF]CreativeCommonsExceptforthelogosofSafeWorkAustralia,SafeWorkSA,WorkSafeTasmania,WorkSafeWA,WorkplaceHealthandSafetyQLD,NTWorkSafe,WorkCoverNSW,ComcareandWorkSafeACT,thiscopyrightworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial3.0Australialicence.Toviewacopyofthislicence,visitcreativecommons.org/licensesInessence,youarefreetocopy,communicateandadapttheworkfornoncommercialpurposes,aslongasyouattributetheworktoSafeWorkAustraliaandabidebytheotherlicenceterms.ContactinformationSafeWorkAustraliaPhone:1300551832Email:info@swa.gov.auWebsite:safeworkaustralia.gov.au1CODEOFPRACTICE|HOWTOMANAGEWORKHEALTHANDSAFETYRISKSTABLEOFCONTENTSFOREWORD21.INTRODUCTION31.1Whohasresponsibilityformanagingworkhealthandsafetyrisks?31.2Themeaningofkeyterms41.3Whatisinvolvedinmanagingrisks?41.4Whenshouldariskmanagementapproachbeused?62.STEP1–HOWTOIDENTIFYHAZARDS72.1Howtofindhazards83.STEP2–HOWTOASSESSRISKS93.1Whenshouldariskassessmentbecarriedout?93.2Howtodoariskassessment104.STEP3–HOWTOCONTROLRISKS134.1Thehierarchyofriskcontrol134.2Howtodevelopandimplementcontroloptions154.3Howtoensurethatcontrolsremaineffective175.STEP4–HOWTOREVIEWCONTROLS186.KEEPINGRECORDS19APPENDIXA–ASSESSINGHOWTHINGSGOWRONG20APPENDIXB–RISKREGISTER21APPENDIXC–CASESTUDIES22CODEOFPRACTICE|HOWTOMANAGEWORKHEALTHANDSAFETYRISKS2ThisCodeofPracticeonhowtomanageworkhealthandsafetyrisksisanapprovedcodeofpracticeundersection274oftheWorkHealthandSafetyAct(theWHSAct).Anapprovedcodeofpracticeisapracticalguidetoachievingthestandardsofhealth,safetyandwelfarerequiredundertheWHSActandtheWorkHealthandSafetyRegulations(theWHSRegulations).Acodeofpracticeappliestoanyonewhohasadutyofcareinthecircumstancesdescribedinthecode.Inmostcases,followinganapprovedcodeofpracticewouldachievecompliancewiththehealthandsafetydutiesintheWHSAct,inrelationtothesubjectmatterofthecode.Likeregulations,codesofpracticedealwithparticularissuesanddonotcoverallhazardsorrisksthatmayarise.Thehealthandsafetydutiesrequiredutyholderstoconsiderallrisksassociatedwithwork,notonlythoseforwhichregulationsandcodesofpracticeexist.CodesofpracticeareadmissibleincourtproceedingsundertheWHSActandRegulations.Courtsmayregardacodeofpracticeasevidenceofwhatisknownaboutahazard,riskorcontrolandmayrelyonthecodeindeterminingwhatisreasonablypracticableinthecircumstancestowhichthecoderelates.CompliancewiththeWHSActandRegulationsmaybeachievedbyfollowinganothermethod,suchasatechnicaloranindustrystandard,ifitprovidesanequivalentorhigherstandardofworkhealthandsafetythanthecode.Aninspectormayrefertoanapprovedcodeofpracticewhenissuinganimprovementorprohibitionnotice.ThisCodeofPracticehasbeend...