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