Health & Safety Issues

Pulp & Paper Industry
OHS Conference 2005
In April we had our first Pulp & Paper Industry OHS Conference - Materials Movement - Man & Machine. The 100 delegates who attended over the 2-day event declared the conference a resounding success…more

Paper Machine Guarding
The CFMEU and AMCOR Papers Division jointly sponsored an Industry Information Day on machine guarding. This was coordinated through the Pulp & Paper Industry OHS&E Unit and organised as part of an industry wide response to the fatal incident at the Fairfield mill in March 2003…more

Chemicals Producing pulp and paper goods involves a number of hazardous materials, particularly chlorine – which is used for bleaching purposes. Chlorine is a toxic substance but a necessary ingredient in paper production, as consumers overwhelmingly demand high quality white paper…more
Manual Handling If you require any information on manual handling, your state's inspectorate has a range of information and guidance material. Visit our links page for further information relevant to your state's legislation.
Forklifts If you require any information on forklifts & pedestrians, your state's inspectorate has a range of information and guidance material. Visit our links page for further information relevant to your state's legislation.
Shiftwork For information about shiftwork, go to the ACTU website. The OHS&E Unit is also producing a series of articles on managing shiftwork in WISE NEWS, to view these go to our publications page.
Drugs & Alcohol Drug and alcohol use and impairment in the workplace has become a prominent issue of recent times with many large corporations moving to introduce compulsory testing. The ACTU and various state based trade union groups have been active in developing policy and positions on this issue. Visit our links page for further information relevant to your state.
Stress Workplace stress occurs across all industries and workplaces. The magnitude of the problem was captured in a 1996 survey of union OHS Representatives, where 68 percent of respondents identified workplace stress as one of their top five health and safety concerns..more
Bullying If you require any information on bullying, your state's inspectorate has a range of information and guidance material. Visit our links page for further information relevant to your state's legislation.

Of course this is not an exhaustive list of OHS issues faced by the industry, rather a sample of the common ones. Each individual site has its own idiosyncrasies and OHS issues to address through consultation between the employer and employee representatives.