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Web Links: Occupational health
Contents

OH&S ACTS & LEGISLATION
OH&S GENERAL SITES
ERGONOMICS
OTHER USEFUL LINKS

 
OH&S ACTS & LEGISLATION

 

NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ohasa2000273/

 

Queensland Workplace health and Safety Act 1995
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/whasa1995250/

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OH&S GENERAL SITES

 

Australian Safety and Compensation Council
National OHS strategy 2002-2012, national standards, codes of practice, fact sheets, etc.
http://www.ascc.gov.au/

 

Comcare Australia
Emergency incidents, compensation, rehabilitation, OHS publications etc
http://www.comcare.gov.au/

 

International Labour Organization - Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS)
International codes of practice, links, etc.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/

 

Management of Physical Hazards
Prepared by the CSIRO Division of Minerals and covering a number of topics,
e.g. forklift safety, manual handling, welding safety etc.
http://www.minerals.csiro.au/safety/physhaz.htm

 

Material Safety Data Sheets Australia
Information by product name, active ingredients and compy name. Further
information can only be obtained if you subscribe.
http://www.msds.com.au/ .

 

National Code of Practice for Manual Handling
National standard and the national code of practice.
http://www.comcare.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/24681/NOHSC_manual_handling_cop_2005_1990.pdf

 

OH & S Links
Commercial OHS consultants but the site has useful OHS links separated into
Australian and international sites.
http://www.ohs.com.au/Sites/index.htm

 

Occupational Health Safety Signs
Description of basic safety signs.
http://www.pers.mq.edu.au/OHS/signs/signs.html

 

Oshweb
Index of occupational health and safety resources on the Internet.
http://www.oshweb.com/

 

Unionsafe
Useful online resources relating to workplace safety.
http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/

 

WorkCover NSW
WorkCover manages the State's workplace safety, injury management and
workers compensation systems.
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/default.htm

 

World Health Organization
Occupational health information listed by topics.
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/en/

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ERGONOMICS

 

ErgoLib
Specific to library ergonomics but has a list of useful general web sites and
information about ergonomics and computers.
http://lib.ucr.edu/ergolib/

 

Ergonomics in Australia
Private Victorian company but a lot of useful information and links.
http://www.ergonomics.com.au/pages/400_useful_info.htm

 

Healthy Computing - Guide to Monitors
Technical information related to display technology, design factors, reflection and contrast.
http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/healthycomputing/ergodisp.html

 

Office Ergonomics
This site collects and publishes some "handouts" that have been used widely in
training courses for office workers and ergonomists and health care professionals
who work with office workers
http://www.office-ergo.com/

 

Usernomics
Starting place to locate ergonomics and training information on the Internet.
http://www.usernomics.com/

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