WorkSafe Victoria’s 12 ways to make small business safer: A handbook for workplaces

This guide from WorkSafe Victoria identifies 12 work health and safety hazards common in small businesses:

• manual handling
• housekeeping and slips, trips and falls
• storage and racking, including how to avoid storage systems being overloaded
• working at heights
• storing and using chemicals and fuels
• fire safety and evacuation procedures
• first aid and equipment
• electricity
• machinery and equipment
• noise
• asbestos
• protecting young workers and business insurance.

There is also a safety action plan template that you can tailor to manage hazards in your workplace.