Officewise: A guide to health and safety in the office handbook

What it contains

This guide is a resource for workplaces to use a risk management approach to promote health and safety in offices. This approach can be applied to the way an office is designed and managed. The guide covers topics such as:

• managing OHS in the workplace, including identifying hazards and OHS laws
• designing jobs for offices, including physical, psychosocial factors and how to reduce stress by designing jobs well
• designing a health and safe working environment, including lighting, noise and thermal comfort
• managing office layout, workstations and equipment
• the health effects of working with computers
• general health and safety issues in offices

At the end of the document, you’ll find:

• information about setting up workstations
• exercises for office workers
• an office safety checklist