Hazards index
Hazards are anything that can cause harm and every place of work has them. Understanding the hazards at your work can help you manage risks and keep workers safe and healthy.
This information will help you identify the hazards at your work and the steps you can take to reduce or remove risks for yourself and your workers.
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Hazardous chemicals
Controlling fire and explosion risks
Fire and explosion can have catastrophic consequences. You must control ignition sources such as naked lights, sparks and mobile phones where flammable atmospheres may exist.
17 April 2020 -
Environment; material
Lead
Lead can be inhaled through dust or fumes or swallowed through eating contaminated food or smoking with contaminated fingers. Untreated lead poisoning in adults, children and pets can be fatal.
4 April 2017 -
Hazardous chemicals; environment; material
Hazardous dusts
All airborne dust is hazardous to health. Dust can contain a range of materials including sand, dirt, pollen, minerals, wood, micro-organisms, and vehicle and industrial exhausts.
27 April 2020 -
Health and wellbeing
Managing chronic disease at work
With many Queensland workers affected by chronic disease, it is important to identify and manage chronic disease risk factors at work.
14 September 2020 -
Environment; health and wellbeing
Heat stress
Working in hot and/or humid environments can be uncomfortable, but more importantly lead to a heat-related illness, which can be fatal. This page has information about the causes and sources of heat stress, types of heat-related illness and control measures.
11 September 2018 -
Environment; health and wellbeing
Ebolavirus disease (EVD)
The risk of Ebolavirus disease (EVD) in Australia is low, however healthcare agencies are currently developing EVD preparedness plans to ensure that any potential cases can be managed safely. For more information on EVD, visit the Department of Health.
14 September 2020 -
Environment; health and wellbeing
Occupational viral hepatitis
Some workers are at increased risk of exposure to hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C viruses. Watch this short film from Hepatitis Queensland to find out more about who is at risk, how to protect against infection and where to get more information about viral hepatitis.
6 November 2020 -
Health and wellbeing
Work health and wellbeing online learning course
This interactive online learning course is aimed at managers, health and wellbeing coordinators, human resource staff and health and safety advisors. This course focuses on how to embed work health and wellbeing into business systems to improve the health of your workers and workplaces.
11 July 2022 -
Electricity; environment; health and wellbeing; hazardous manual tasks; plant, equipment and vehicle
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Mental health
Mental health
Psychological health and safety is about protecting the psychological health of workers, in the same way that we protect their physical health. Find out how you can play an active role in ensuring the psychological health and safety of workers.
14 September 2020 -
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity can kill if you give it the chance. Learn about your legal obligations and the steps you can take to stay safe when working around electricity.
12 September 2019 -
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The work people do can positively or negatively affect their health. There are many ways that organisations can improve their work processes to improve productivity and workers' health and to reduce chronic disease risks.
14 September 2020