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Looking for W Words| | WHS
Work health and safety.
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| | WHS
'Workplace Health and Safety'. Generally used in relation to the Australian WHS Industry or associated Laws and regulations.
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| | Work Group
A group of workers represented by an HSR who in many cases share similar work conditions (for example, all the electricians in a factory, all people on night shift, all people who work in the loading bay of a retail storage facility).
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| | Worker
Any person who carries out work for a PCBU, including work as an employee, contractor, subcontractor, self-employed person, outworker, apprentice or trainee, work experience student, employee of a labour hire company placed with a 'host employer' and volunteers.
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| | Working at Heights
WHS Regulations define working at heights when there is a risk of a fall by a person from one level to another
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| | Workplace
Any place where a worker goes or is likely to be while work is carried out for a business or undertaking. This may include offices, factories, shops, construction sites, vehicles, ships, aircraft or other mobile structures on land or water such as offshore units and platforms (that are not already covered under the Commonwealth's offshore WHS laws).
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