A practical guide to OHS for people working in this field and for the many people in workplaces who need to be able to understand and apply OHS in order to minimise injury, ill-health, disease, disability and death among employees. Every attempt has been made to adopt a plain language, straightforward approach, and to relate the material to practical examples in the workplace at appropriate points. Each chapter contains a thought-provoking quote, an example of an OHS problem relevant to the chapter, and concludes with an example of a workplace application relevant to an aspect of the chapter.

Topics include: Current concepts; common and state law; hazard management; workplace inspections; accident prevention; risk engineering; hazardous substances management; health at work; work environment; safety management.