• About recreation and sport
• What law applies
• Risk management
• First aid
• Amenities
• General hazards
  • Manual handling
  • Slips, trips and falls
  • Plant, equipment and machinery
  • Heat stress
  • Noise
  • Electricity
  • Hazardous substances
• Other hazards
• Adventure activities

• Other industries
• Personal protective equipment (PPE)
• First aid
• Risk management
• Noise
• Sun safety and heat stress
• Electrical Safety
• Fatigue

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Amenities

Amenities include:

• toilets
• hand washing facilities
• drinking water
• dining facilities
• dressing rooms
• showers
• lighting
• ventilation
• work areas and airspace.

All employers must:

• maintain all amenities they provide in a hygienic, safe and serviceable condition, and ensure that there is a system for:
  • inspecting and cleaning the amenity
  • the adequate and hygienic disposal of the sanitary items for women
• ensure that first aid equipment is:
  • reasonably available
  • appropriate and adequate for the type of work and the people doing the work
  • hygienic, safe and serviceable
• ensure there is appropriate, safe and clear access to and from the workplace and that all other means of access are safe and clear.

Find out more about workplace amenities and the requirements for workplace health and safety.