All workplaces have WHS duties, however in the construction industry, safety is paramount and a failure to comply with WHS obligations can have dire consequences. This session provides a WHS overview for construction lawyers seeking to better understand this complex area, including:
- Principal contractor provisions and WHS law
- Designers and safety report obligations
- Managing confined spaces – a construction industry WHS hot spot
- Managing risks associated with excavations
- Case study – understanding obligations in respect to asbestos
- Some further WHS hot spots:
- scaffolding
- tunnelling
- risky equipment