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hearing loss at work.

    5.9           Managing Fatigue
Fatigue is more than feeling tired and drowsy. In a work context, fatigue is a state of mental and/or physical exhaustion which reduces a person's ability to perform work safely and effectively.
Fatigue increases the chance of workplace injuries and if prolonged can negatively affect a person's health and wellbeing.
Control measures for managing fatigue include providing workers with adequate breaks between shifts.
A fatigue management plan may be developed to help control the risks of fatigue. It may include procedures for managing:
       hours of work or shift rostering are designed to minimise fatigue, and
       environmental conditions e.g. working in adverse weather contributes to fatigue and individual factors.
Workers must also co-operate with any reasonable policy or procedure relating to fatigue at the workplace, for example policies on fitness for work or second jobs.
Workers' duties in relation to fatigue do not mean they must never work extra hours. However, they should talk to their manager or supervisor to let them know when they are fatigued. They should also avoid working extra hours and undertaking safety critical tasks when they know it is likely they are fatigued.
Further information is in the Guide for managing the risk of fatigue at work.

   6.      HANDLING LOADS AND CARGO
There should be safe work procedures for loading and unloading. If the procedures do not address the hazards of the work to be carried out, then a risk assessment should be done.

    6.1           Suspended loads

WHS Regulations
Regulation 219: The person with management or control of plant at a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that plant that is used to lift or suspend persons or things is specifically designed to lift or suspend the load. If it is not reasonably practicable to use plant that is specifically designed to lift or suspend the load, the person must ensure that the plant does not cause a greater risk to health and safety than if specifically designed plant were used.
The person must ensure that the lifting and suspending is carried out with lifting attachments that are suitable for the load being lifted or suspended, and within the safe working limits of the plant.
The person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable:
       that no loads are suspended or travel over a person unless the plant is specifically designed for that purpose
       that loads are lifted or suspended in a way that ensures that the load remains under control during the activity, and
       that no load is lifted simultaneously by more than 1 item of plant unless the method of lifting ensures that the load placed on each item