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Reporting concerns and incidents

Notify the regulator of an incident or learn how to report unsafe work. Workplace hazards WorkSafe encourages a consultative process where workplace safety complaints are first reported within the workplace in an attempt to resolve them in-house. The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act)...
Report an incident
01 Nov 2024

Have your say

We are committed to making workplaces safer and healthier for everyone. Your feedbacks help to effectivey shape policies, projects and services that meet the needs to all workers in Western Australia. By taking part in the consultation, you can help us understand what is working, where improvements...
Public consultations
29 Oct 2024

Managing bullying risks in the workplace

Everyone has a work health and safety duty, by working together you can help keep bullying from happening at work. If you are a PCBU, you must identify, assess, and control hazards in the workplace. The goal is to eliminate risks, and if that’s not possible, you must minimise risks as much as you...
Preventing workplace bullying
23 Oct 2024

Work health and safety duties

For businesses If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), you must protect workers from bullying, including managing risks and providing necessary information and support. If you manage or control a workplace, you are responsible for ensuring the physical and mental health and...
Preventing workplace bullying
23 Oct 2024

Dangerous goods safety codes of practice

Codes of practice are supplementary to requirements under the Acts and regulations. They are intended to supplement such requirements in a uniform way and, as far as possible, clarify any ambiguity or uncertainty in the Acts and regulations. Codes of practice also set out requirements and...
Codes of practice
22 Oct 2024

Dangerous goods safety and Petroleum and geothermal energy operations (PAGEO) reports

This section contains a list of health and safety project reports produces by WorkSafe and Dangerous goods safety. Ammonium nitrate emulsion (ANE) tanker trailer explosion: Incident investigation This report details the scientific investigation into the explosion of a tanker trailer and dolly...
Reports
21 Oct 2024

Mining and exploration reports

This section contains a list of health and safety project reports produced by WorkSafe Mines Safety. A study of Nano Diesel Particulate Matter (nDPM) behaviour and physico-chemical changes in underground hard rock mines of Western Australia This report assess the applicability of tracer gas...
Reports
21 Oct 2024

General industry reports

This section contains a list of health and safety project reports produced by WorkSafe. Agricultural industry fatality report : June 2023 This report provides valuable insight into the types and causes of work-related tarumatic injury fatalities within the agricultural industry. WorkSafe Western...
Reports
21 Oct 2024

Your rights and responsibilities

Everyone has a duty to take reasonable care for their health and safety at work and for others in the workplace. What a PCBU must do Under the Work and Health Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act), a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) , such as an employer, has a primary duty of care to workers...
ThinkSafe. WorkSafe
18 Oct 2024

Supporting workers

Inductions Inductions are an important information sharing session that helps to familiarise people with the locations, equipment, materials, processes and tasks they may encounter while working at or visiting a site for the first time. For more information visit the Effective inductions webpage...
ThinkSafe. WorkSafe
18 Oct 2024

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Publications

Application to request assessment arrangement for a statutory examination (non-diagnosed conditions)

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If you have personal circumstances that may impact your participation in the mines statutory positions examinations, you can apply for an assessment arrangement. These arrangements are designed to...
WorkSafe
Form – application
01 Nov 2024

Overview of Western Australia’s Work Health and Safety Act 2020

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On 12 July 2017, the Premier announced that work would commence to develop modernised work health and safety (WHS) laws for Western Australia. Western Australia’s Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS...
WorkSafe
Fact sheet
30 Oct 2024

Carmel explosions report

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This report summarises the findings of the accident investigation into fires and explosions at the fireworks storage facility located at Camel, Western Australia on 6 March 2002. The objective of the...
WorkSafe
Reports
22 Oct 2024

Consumer Protection Year in Review 2023-24

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Consumer Protection's Year in Review 2023-24 outlines the major achievements from the financial year.
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CP Year in review 2023-24 - cover, by Consumer Protection
“Consumer Protection has had another busy year with plenty...
Consumer Protection
Reports
21 Oct 2024

WorkSafe Accredited Assessor Conditions (High Risk Work Licence classes)

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These conditions are designed to provide information and clarity to WorkSafe Accredited Assessors about their obligations around the high risk work licence assessment process.
WorkSafe
Information
07 Oct 2024

Tree lopping and gardening services checklist

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This checklist is a tool to assist duty holders and persons conducting a business or undertaking including arborists, tree climbers, horticulturalists, gardeners, tree workers, landscapers, and...
WorkSafe
Checklist
06 Sep 2024

Human factors: Industry baseline project 2022-23 report

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Human factors are an integral component of safe and reliable operations within major hazard facilities (MHFs) and petroleum and geothermal energy operations (PAGEOs). The highly hazardous nature of...
WorkSafe
Reports
04 Sep 2024

Crystalline silica substances regulations: Information sheet

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Amendments to the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WHS General Regulations) commenced operation 1 September 2024. Additional requirements are now in place for processing ‘...
WorkSafe
Information
02 Sep 2024

Working with crystalline silica substances: Guide

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This guide will help a PCBU understand the additional work health and safety (WHS) requirements in relation to processing a CSS, from 1 September 2024, to protect workers and others at the workplace...
WorkSafe
Guide / handbook
02 Sep 2024

Respirable crystalline silica air monitoring notification form

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From 1 September 2024, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who carries out high-risk processing of crystalline silica substances needs to undertake air monitoring for respirable...
WorkSafe
Form – notification
01 Nov 2024

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Announcements

WorkSafe investigates fall death at Malaga

WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a 71-year-old roof plumber at Malaga yesterday. The man was reported to have been working on the roof of a vacant factory unit when he fell approximately five metres through the metal roof. WorkSafe investigators examine the circumstances of incidents with a view to ensuring compliance and preventing future incidents of a similar nature...
WorkSafe
Media release
23 Oct 2024

WorkSafe commences prosecutions over two mining fatalities

WorkSafe has initiated the first three prosecutions for two fatalities involving mining companies under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 , which came into effect in March 2022. In the first two prosecutions, mine contractor MACA Mining Pty Ltd and mine operator Greenmount Resources Pty Ltd have been charged with failing to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health and safety of...
WorkSafe
Media release
22 Oct 2024

Warning after assessor’s accreditation to conduct HRWL assessments is cancelled

WorkSafe has issued a warning to assessors, industry and the general public after a Perth assessor had his High Risk Work Licence assessor accreditation cancelled for not properly assessing license applicants. Antoni Frazer’s accreditation has been cancelled for all classes of licence, so he is now no longer able to conduct assessments for any class of High Risk Work Licence. He has also been...
WorkSafe
Media release
15 Oct 2024

WorkSafe investigates death on Mitchell Freeway

WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a labourer at the road reserve on the Warwick Road offramp of the Mitchell Freeway. The man was reported to have been struck by a piece of equipment that fell. WorkSafe investigators are currently examining the circumstances of the incident with a view to ensuring compliance and preventing future incidents of a similar nature. WorkSafe...
WorkSafe
Media release
03 Oct 2024

WorkSafe prosecutes Department of Justice over Bunbury Regional Prison

WorkSafe has commenced prosecution action against the Department of Justice over psychological injury to a former prison officer at Bunbury Regional Prison. The department has been charged with failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment and, by that failure, causing serious harm to a worker. The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of $3.5 million. It is alleged that a failure...
WorkSafe
Media release
02 Oct 2024

Transitional period for falls from height in construction extended

The transitional period for compliance with regulations governing falls from height on WA construction sites will be extended following a decision made by Industrial Relations Minister Simone McGurk. The transitional period will now last until September 30, 2026 and will be followed by a six-month Statement of Regulatory Intent to assist transition to the new laws. WorkSafe Commissioner Sally...
WorkSafe
Media release
13 Sep 2024

Construction companies fined for breaching workplace safety laws

Two construction companies have been fined a total of $468,000 (and ordered to pay a total of $36,500 in costs) in relation to separate matters for breaches of workplace health and safety laws. Merym Pty Ltd (trading as EMCO Building) was found guilty of failing to provide and maintain a safe workplace and, by that failure, causing serious harm and was fined $450,000 (and ordered to pay $35,000...
WorkSafe
Media release
30 Aug 2024

Construction company fined $90,000 over worker fall injury

A construction company has been fined a total of $90,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when he fell through a polycarbonate sheet on a patio roof. Apollo Construction & Renovation Pty Ltd was charged with failing to ensure the regulator was notified of the incident, failing to ensure the site where the incident occurred was not disturbed and failing to ensure that a safe work...
WorkSafe
Media release
22 Aug 2024

Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2024 finalists announced

Finalists in the prestigious Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2024 have been decided, with the winners to be announced at Optus Stadium on October 31 . The judging panel has chosen a record 41 finalists for the five categories of the Awards. The five Award categories are: Work health and safety invention of the year; Best solution to a work health and safety risk; Best intervention to...
WorkSafe
Media release
21 Aug 2024

$10,000 fine for removing asbestos without a licence

A sole trader has been fined $10,000 (and ordered to pay $4000 in costs) for removing asbestos fencing when he did not have an asbestos removal licence. Justin John Collins pleaded guilty to having carried out work when he was not authorised to carry out that class of work and was fined in the Perth Magistrates Court last Friday. In April 2022, Mr Collins removed and disposed of 41 metres of...
WorkSafe
Media release
16 Aug 2024

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Renewals

Renew a High Risk Work Licence (HRWL)
To renew your High Risk Work Licence, find out about the requirements first.
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High Risk Work Licence change of contact information
High Risk Work Licence holders can notify the department about changes to contact information.
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Make a payment - High Risk Work Licence Renewal
Use Bpoint, the department's authorised payment processor, to make a payment to renew your High Risk Work Licence. You can find the Biller Code and Reference Number from your bill notice for making your payment. Additional information on payment by phone or BPay is also available on your bill notice.
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