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PublicationsWorkSafe Victoria publications can be obtained fromWorkSafe Victoria Offices or by emailingpublications@WorkSafe.vic.gov.au.Relevant Victorian Occupational Health and SafetyRegulations• Asbestos Regulations 1992• Certification of Plant Users and Operators– Regulations 1994• Hazardous Substances Regulations 1999• Incident Notification Regulations 1997• Issue Resolution Regulations 1999• Manual Handling Regulations 1999• Noise Regulations 1992• Plant Regulations 1995Relevant Victorian Occupational Health and SafetyCodes of practice• First Aid in the Workplace (No. 18, 1995)• Hazardous Substances (No. 24, June 2000)• Manual Handling (No. 25, 2000)• Noise (No. 17, 1992)• Plant (No. 19, 1995)• Plant (Amendment No 1) (No. 23, 1998)• Workplaces (No. 3, 1988)WorkSafe Victoria publications• All About WorkCover for Workers• All About WorkCover for Employers• Contractors and WorkCover• Getting Started with Workplace Health and Safety– Introduction to Health and SafetyResponsibilities, Roles and Functions, Training,Information and Records• Getting Started with Workplace Health and Safety– An Introduction to Hazard Management,Workplace Inspections and Selecting a Health andSafety Consultant• Getting Started with Workplace Health and Safety– Introduction to Workplace Consultation• Getting Started with Workplace Health and Safety– Introduction to Workplace Health and SafetyPolicies, Procedures and Evaluation• Working in heat• A Farm Safety Checklist – Electricity• A Farm Safety Checklist – Harmful Chemicals• A Farm Safety Checklist – Livestock Handling• A Farm Safety Checklist – Manual Handling• Farm Safety• Farm Safety – what are you doing about it?• Farming Fact Sheet – Pastoral Industry• The Sheep Shearing Project (1995)WorkSafe Victoria Alerts and Guidance Notes• Electricity can kill Oct 2000 Provides advice toemployers on safety precautions to be taken toensure the safe use of electrical tools andequipment.• Shearing Equipment Sept 1998• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & RiskControl in the Workplace October 2000 Provideguidance to employers in relation to hazardidentification, risk assessment and risk controlin the workplace.• Employee Health and Safety Training October 2000Provides guidance to employers for trainingemployees in health and safety.• Consulting with Employees on Health and SafetyOctober 2000 Provides guidance to employers inrelation to consultation with employees on healthand safety.• General approach for safeguarding of machinesSeptember 2000 Provides general guidance to assistemployers in safeguarding of machines for use intheir workplaces.• Plant maintenance September 2000 Providesgeneral guidance to assist employers in relationto maintenance of plant (including machinery,equipment, appliances, tools and implements)in their workplaces.46 Health & Safety in Shearing
Other publications and sources• Animal handling – Australian Agricultural HealthUnit 1997• ‘Australian Rules Of Shearing – An Exercise GuideFor Shearers – Victorian Dept of Human Services,Grampians Region 1997.• Design of Shearing Sheds and Sheep Yards byA Barber and B Freeman (Inkata Press, Melbourne)• Ergonomics and manual handling on farms– Australian Agricultural Health Unit 1997• Ergonomics of sheep handling equipment forshearing and crutching – WorkSafe (NSW) 1999.3 booklets• The Ergonomics of Sheep Shearing – Reducing backinjuries and energy expenditure in sheep shearingthrough the development of practical modificationsto shed layout – Final Report October 1998Warren Payne, Haisam Askari, Steve Cowley, JohnCulvenor, Robert Freeman, Rod Hall, Jack Harvey,Michael Lawrance, Keith McElroy, John Pryor, DavidStuart & Robyn Williams.(University of Ballarat Shearing Research Team)University of Ballarat, PO Box 663 Ballarat 3353.Tel: (03) 5327 9000Research Funded by:National Occupational Health and Safety Commission• Managing sheep and wool production safety:Safety checklist – Farmsafe Australia 1997• National Code of Practice for the Shearing Industry(Health, Safety and Welfare Standards) – AustralianWorkers’ Union, 1997• Pastoral Industry Award, 1986, Fed. 49(updated April, 1990).• ‘Shear sense’ by Kondinin Group 1988ISBN 0-9591145-8-0• Victorian Farmers Federation Health and SafetyBulletinsNos 1 & 2 The farmer’s guide to OccupationalSafety and Health Legislation Parts 1 & 2No 4 Farm chemical safetyNo 5 How to reduce manual handling injuries:The hazardNo 6 PPE – A risk management approach – Protectyourself with personal protective equipment• Woolclassers’ Award• Woolshed safety – Guidance notes for the sheepand wool industries – Farmsafe Australia 1997• WorkSafe Australia, Occupational Health andSafety Performance Overviews Selected Industries.Issue No. 9 – Agriculture and Services toAgriculture Industries, 1996.Health & Safety in Shearing 47
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Page 7 and 8: 4.2 Duties of employeesAn employee
Page 10 and 11: 5.3 Practicable risk controlsThe le
Page 12 and 13: 6.2 Sheep pens and gatesHazard or r
Page 14 and 15: The mesh floor of this pen makesthe
Page 16 and 17: In this pen thebattens are parallel
Page 18 and 19: The pen doors are a good design for
Page 20 and 21: 6.6 Wool and press rooms - hazards
Page 22 and 23: Throwing.There is good circulations
Page 24 and 25: 7 Machinery7.1 Overhead gear and sh
Page 26 and 27: 7.1 Overhead gear and shearing plan
Page 28 and 29: 7.3 Grinders (continued)Hazard or r
Page 30 and 31: 7.5 Shearers’ tools and equipment
Page 32 and 33: 7.8 Electrical safetyIn addition to
Page 34 and 35: 8.2 Shearing and crutchingHazard or
Page 36 and 37: 10 Work in heat and cold10.1 Risks
Page 38 and 39: 12 DustsHazard or riskDusts in the
Page 40 and 41: 14 Diseases from animals (Zoonoses)
Page 42 and 43: 16 First aidArrangements for First
Page 44 and 45: 17 Accommodation, amenities andtrav
Page 47: AppendicesAppendix 1 - Further info
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