A NEW WHSQ Document Titled “Overview of the Hazardous Manual Tasks

Greg Vincent, Manager Rural Unit, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland/Department of Justice and Attorney-General, has advised that a new “Regulation and Code of Practice 2011″ is now available for downloadingfrom the WHSQ web site (FYI links below).  A pdf version is alsoattached to this email.

This document is aimed at PCBU’s and provides guidance about how tomanage hazardous manual tasks risks as required by the new legislation.

Please share this document with your staff and workplaces.

The most important reason for making your workplace safe, is not at work at all. Work safe. Home safe.

For more information visit www.worksafe.qld.gov.au or telephone 1300 369915.

Overview of the Hazardous Manual Tasks Regulation and Code of Practice 2011