Publications 

Work Health and Safety Strategic Plan 2012-2017

In consultation with internal and external stakeholders and customers, the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Branch has produced the Defence WHS Strategic Plan 2012-2017.

Defence Safety Manual (SAFETYMAN)

The Defence Safety Manual (SAFETYMAN) is not currently released to the public. Certain organisations, such as contractors to Defence, who have a demonstrated need to access the Manual may obtain a copy upon request. Provision of the Manual falls under contractual statutory requirements and the Manual must not redistributed in any form by the recipient.

Comcare Publication - Officewise

A practical and useful guide to implementing health and safety in the office is available at Comcare's Officewise webpage.

Work Health and Safety Branch, Human Systems Integration (HSI) literature review

The review makes the case for HSI as an important consideration in Defence capability acquisitions, both small and large. HSI is significant because Defence people are a fundamental input to capability. The development of a capability is nothing without people and operational use must not only be effective and efficient, but also safe from foreseeable mishap, harm and long-term injury to our people.

Disclaimer: Both these downloadable files contain Internet URLs that were accurate initially. Over time, however, the target URLs can be altered or deleted, causing browser errors. There is no URL maintenance program for either of these files.

Further background on this can be found at the HSI web page or the literature review (Adobe PDF File, 1.5 MB) .

For EndNote® users only, appendix B of the review may be downloaded as a zipped ENLX file (295 KB).