Workplace Press Publications
Below is information on six health and safety publications that would be valuable additions to your professional library.
ACC
Workplace Safety Management Practices: An Audit Handbook
Third Edition
Douglas M Hay
This Audit Handbook helps an employer undertake a self assessment prior to an independent audit and provides comprehensive information for employers on the requirements of the ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices audit.
Table of contents:
- Employer commitment to safety management practices
- Planning, review and evaluation
- Hazard identification, assessment and management
- Information, training and supervision
- Incident and injury reporting, recording and investigation
- Employee participation in health and safety management
- Emergency planning and readiness
- Protection of employees from on-site work undertaken by contractors and subcontractors
- Workplace observations
ISBN: 0 9582004-7-5
Publication date: November 2007
Recommended selling price: $198.00 (inc GST)
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Principal
and Contractor Health & Safety: An Audit Handbook Second Edition
Douglas M Hay
An Audit handbook which provides comprehensive information to Principals and Contractors on their responsibilities under the HSE Act. It monitors compliance and allows managers to identify where improvements are needed and how to monitor them. Audit forms on electronic disk.
Table of contents:
- Case law & Contractual arrangements
- Major Contracts
- health & safety specifications
- selection of contractor
- negotiation of contract terms
- review of contractor performance
- Minor Contracts
- Health & safety specifications
- Selection & negotiation of contract terms
- Information for contractor
- Monitoring, intervention and review
- Contractor self review audit
- Accident insurance
- Electronic audit forms
ISBN: 0 9582004 4 0
Publication date: 2005
Recommended selling price: $198.00 (inc GST)
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Office
Health & Safety – An Audit Handbook (2nd ed)
Douglas M Hay
The audit handbook helps an employer undertake a self assessment in the office environment in order to assess their levels of compliance to the HSE Act and regulations. Guidelines are provided to help employers meet and understand their statutory duties. Includes employee participation. Audit forms on electronic disk.
Table of contents:
- Equipment purchase and selection
- Work organisation
- Office environment
- Recruitment, Induction training
- On the job training and information
- Emergency procedures
- Accident reporting, recording and investigation
- Principals, contractors and subcontractors
- Active management commitment and Employee participation
- Electronic Audit Forms
ISBN: 0 9582004 5 9
Publication date: 2005
Recommended selling price: $198.00 (inc GST)
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Health
and Safety in Employment Act: An Overview Revised Edition
Douglas M Hay and Ian B Campbell
This new edition now includes commentary on the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002 and a chapter on Employee Participation and Health and Safety Representatives.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Changes introduced by the Principal Act
- How the Courts are interpreting the Principal Act
- Complying with the legislation
- Employee participation and health and safety representatives
- Conclusions – co-operation in the workplace
ISBN: 0 9582004 1 6
Publication date: October 2003
Recommended selling price $69.95 (inc GST)
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‘Health and Safety Compliance – An Audit Handbook for Managers and
Supervisors 3rd Edn 2011
Douglas M Hay
The audit handbook helps an employer undertake a self assessment in order to assess their level of compliance to the HSE Act and regulations. Useful guidelines are provided to help an employer meet and understand their statutory duties. Includes employee participation. Audit forms on electronic disk.
Table of contents:
- Hazard identification assessment and control
- Emergency Procedures
- Accident reporting recording and investigation
- Information training & supervision
- Principals, contractors, subcontractors
- Active Management Commitment and employee participation
- General Environment and other duties
- Accident compensation
- Electronic Audit forms
ISBN: 978 0 9864516 1 4
Publication date: 2011
Recommended selling price: $198.00 (inc GST)
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Hazardous
Substances Handbook - A guide to imlementing the HSNO legislation for
Manargers, Persons in Charge and Approved Handlers
Peter O'Donnell and Douglas
Hay
This handbook is intended for those people who:
- Are Managers and Persons in Charge where hazardous substances are present.
- Require reference information on how to implement the HSNO legislation
- Are responsible for ensuring that all legal requirements of HSNO legislation is correctly managed
- Wish to be certified as an approved handler
This handbook and the accompanying CD contains all the material a Manager, Person in Charge or Approved Handler need to understand the HSNO legislation. For those wishing to become an Approved Handler by correspondence there are worksheets to be completed and sent to the Workplace Press.
Table of Contents:
- How to use the handbook
- Introduction to the HSNO Act 1996
- Complying with the HSNO Act 1996
- Classification of hazardous substances
- Hazardous substances Controls
- Requirements for approved handler and location test certificates
- Emergency management
- Assessment of the adverse effects of hazardous substances
- Introduction to group standards
- Group standard conditions
- Worksheets for approved handler training
- Approved Handler training by correspondenc
ISBN: 0-9582004-8-3
Publication date: June 2008
Recommended selling price: $284.00 (incl. GST)
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Employee
Participation: A
Handbook for Health and Safety Representatives
Douglas M Hay
This is a comprehensive and practical handbook to assist health and safety representatives understand their responsibilities following changes to the Health and Safety in Employment Act.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Employee participation and the legislation
- Objectives, duties and responsibilities of the legislation
- Systems and practices for promoting effective employee participation
- Effective communication
- Fostering and promoting health and safety management practices in the workplace
- Hazard management
- Management of stress and fatigue
- Information, training and supervision
- Emergencies and incidents
- Accident investigation
- Rehabilitation
- Department of Labour/OSH service
- Health and safety committees
- ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices
- Sources for help
ISBN: 0 9582004 2 4
Publication date: November 2003
Recommended selling price: $59.95 (inc GST)
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