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History of Work Health and
Safety Laws
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Contents
1.0 History of Occupational Health and Safety Laws
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1.1 Historical Developments
Ancient History
to be the Code of Hammurabi from The Australian OH&S system stems from the UKs OH&S laws
Industrial Revolution
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1.2 Industrial Revolution and Factory Acts
Factory Acts
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1.3 Robens Report and OHS Australian Laws
Robens Report
Released in 1972
Ensured regulation and Introduced and applied first in 1828 (NSW & TAS only)
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Figure 4: Lord Robens Report
on Safety and Health at Work
(Source: Google Images)
1.4 Case Study: Chernobyl Disaster
The accident occurred in 1986 due to a flawed reactor design that was operated
with poorly trained personnel
2 workers died immediately with 28 dying weeks later due to acute radiation
poisoning (Bennet, 2006)
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Figure 5 & 6: Destruction
caused by Chernobyl accident
(Source: Google Images)
Work Health and Safety
Framework
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2.1 Work Health and Safety Framework Overview
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2.4 Australias OH&S Harmonisation
In mid 1980s NOHSC (National Occupational Health and Safety Commission) was
formed and created a range of OHS National Standards
In mid 2009 the NOHSC council agreed to the framework for the uniform OHS laws
The Model Work Health and Safety Act was finalized in 2011
The Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act implements the Model Work Health
and Safety Act in Commonwealth jurisdiction, helping to form a system of nationally
harmonised work health and safety laws.
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