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Looking for C Words| | Carcinogen
A substance or mixture that causes or is suspected of causing cancer
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| | Cease Work
A HSR can order a cease work (after completion of an approved course of training) or a worker can cease work if concerned about exposure to a serious risk to health and safety emanating from an immediate or imminent hazard.
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| | Code of Practice
Codes of practice are practical guides to achieving the standards of health, safety and welfare required under the WHS Act and the WHS Regulations in a jurisdiction. To have legal effect in a jurisdiction a model Code of Practice must be approved as a code of practice in that jurisdiction. To determine if a model Code of Practice has been approved in a particular jurisdiction, check with the relevant WHS regulator. Under a WHS Act in a jurisdiction, approved codes of practice are admissible in court proceedings. Courts may regard an approved code of practice as evidence of what is known about a hazard, risk or control and may rely on the code in determining what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances to which the code relates.
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| | Competent person
A person is considered to be a competent person if they have acquired through training, qualification or experience the knowledge and relevant technical skills to carry out the task.
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| | Compliance
The act of meeting requirements of applicable Laws and Regulations - e.g. legislation, regulations, Australian standards, industry standards, guidelines, codes of conduct, code of ethics and organisational policies.?
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| | Confined Space
From the WHS Act Regulation 5:A confined space means an enclosed or partially enclosed space that:
is not designed or intended primarily to be occupied by a person; and
is, or is designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while any person is in the space; and
is or is likely to be a risk to health and safety from: an atmosphere that does not have a safe oxygen level, or
contaminants, including airborne gases, vapours and dusts, that maycause injury from fire or explosion, or
harmful concentrations of any airborne contaminants, or
engulfment.
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| | Control Measure
An action taken to eliminate or minimise health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. A hierarchy of control measures is set out in the WHS Regulations to assist duty holders to select the highest control measures reasonably practicable.
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| | cost-benefit analysis
A cost-benefit analysis is a systematic approach to evaluate alternatives and determining the most economical way to provide resources.
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