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This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . About this page This publication contains previous years minimum rates of pay for employees not covered by a WA award - it does not contain the current rates of pay. The current minimum pay...
Minimum rates for award free employees
The Work Health Safety Excellence Awards 2023 recognise outstanding solutions and innovations to specific workplace health and safety problems in Western Australia. This year 65 submissions were received with 26 companies recognised as finalists. We look forward to announcing the winners at the...
Work Safety Awards
Our collection of powerpoint presentations are available to use in your workplace or to revisit a workshop you attended. Applying Professor Quinlan's Ten pathways to death and disaster in WA's mining industry WorkSafe Mines Safety and Professor Michael Quinlan, author of Ten Pathways to Death and...
Toolbox presentations
Labour hire arrangements in WA are covered by the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WHS Act) and associated regulations. The primary duty of care under the WHS Act is owed by a PCBU to a ‘worker’, which includes a labour hire worker. All PCBUs who supply workers to other businesses (labour hire...
Main responsibilities and duties under WHS
Refrigerants Australia, in consultation with the Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, released (April 2023) a series of public information fact sheets covering situations where flammable refrigerants are likely to be used in workplaces and homes. Further...
Hazardous chemicals
This information is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system . Monday, 25 September 2023 is the King’s Birthday public holiday in Western Australia. This page provides information on public holiday entitlements for the King’s Birthday 2023 for: award free...
Public holiday pay
The Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WHS Regulations) prescribe that an application for an asbestos removal licence must include the nomination of at least one supervisor (WHS Regulation 498). The supervisor(s) must be at least 18 years of age and be able to provide evidence of...
Manage your existing asbestos removal licence
An application for a replacement high risk work licence or accreditation document which has been lost, stolen or destroyed can be lodged using our online portal. You will be required to complete a declaration describing the circumstances in which the original document was lost, stolen or destroyed...
Manage your existing asbestos removal licence
As an alternative to post or email, licence holders can use the department’s online Change of Contact system. To use the system you will need to have: The number of your current licence You can find the number of your licence, and see if it is current, by checking your certificate or the online...
Manage your existing asbestos removal licence
See the application guide to find about how to apply for a high risk work licence. Application guide - Application for high risk work licence Pro tips for a successful HRWL application To ensure a successful application, please follow these simple steps: Make sure your Notice of Assessment (NOA) is...
High risk work licence application

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WorkSafe has become aware of risks arising from a lack of maintenance of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at workplaces. An AED is a piece of first aid equipment designed to be used by any...
WorkSafe
Bulletin
18 Sep 2023
This information sheet lists the duties of a competent person – inspection and maintenance of plant for the Perth Royal Show.
WorkSafe
Information
13 Sep 2023
Summary of incident There have been multiple fatalities in separate incidents at Western Australian workplaces as a result of crush injuries from falling trailer ramps. The trailer ramps were...
WorkSafe
Bulletin
10 Aug 2023
This information sheet is intended for farmers and their workers, to highlight the importance of storing diesel safely and correctly. It explains the requirements of the Dangerous Goods Safety (...
WorkSafe
Information
25 Aug 2023
If you wish to apply for a new high risk work licence, you will be required to submit this form.
WorkSafe
Form – application
31 Jul 2023
The Agriculture Industry Fatality Report provides a valuable insight into the types and causes of work-related traumatic injury fatalities within the industry. Work-related traumatic injury fatality...
WorkSafe
Reports
18 Aug 2023
If you are applying for an high risk work application follow these instructions.
WorkSafe
Information
27 Jul 2023
Use this application form to apply for one or more classes of high risk work to be added to your existing WA licence.
WorkSafe
Form – application
31 Jul 2023
The aim of this case study, which is based on the BP America (Texas City) refinery explosion in 2005, is to show how human factors can contribute to a series of events that lead to an accident.
WorkSafe
Information
28 Jun 2023
This case study is based on the explosion and fire at the Pryor Trust Well in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma in 2018. This major accident event had catastrophic consequences as five workers were killed...
WorkSafe
Information
28 Jun 2023

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WorkSafe is investigating the work-related death of a worker at a steel manufacturing company in Jandakot yesterday. The worker was reported to have been fatally injured when struck by a steel beam. WorkSafe investigators examine the circumstances of incidents with a view to ensuring compliance and preventing future incidents of a similar nature. WorkSafe Commissioner Darren Kavanagh said any...
WorkSafe
Media release
14 Sep 2023
The Area and Scope clause of the state Contract Cleaners Award has been updated to improve clarity about coverage of this WA award. This change, which is effective from 13 September 2023 , was made as part of a process being undertaken by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission to update the scope of a number of private sector WA awards. Specifically, the changes to the Contract...
Labour Relations
Department News
13 Sep 2023
A sole trader in the Great Southern has been fined $47,250 (and ordered to pay $4241 in costs) over a fall suffered by a worker that caused serious injuries. Brett Sidney Cavanagh pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe work environment and, by that failure, causing serious harm to an employee and was fined in the Katanning Magistrates Court on Monday. In August 2020, Mr Cavanagh...
WorkSafe
Media release
07 Sep 2023
A fire assay company has been fined a total of $30,000 (and ordered to pay $5647 in costs) after four workers recorded high levels of lead in their blood and one was hospitalised. Jinning Pty Ltd pleaded guilty under the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996 to two charges of failing to ensure that biological monitoring was conducted on an employee in a lead-risk job, along with two...
WorkSafe
Media release
29 Aug 2023
WorkSafe has commenced a proactive inspection program to look at safety issues in WA aged care and residential care facilities. The inspection program will look at a number of randomly-selected facilities across metropolitan and regional areas of the State throughout the 2023/24 financial year. Inspectors will place a strong emphasis on industry-specific hazards, along with workplace violence and...
WorkSafe
Media release
24 Aug 2023
The Work Health and Safety Regulations Amendment Regulation (no.2) 2023 came into effect on 10 August 2023 and provide for minor corrections and technical refinements. These amendments include: Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations The requirement for a high risk work licence for earthmoving machinery used as a crane will be removed for machinery that has a safe rated working load of three...
WorkSafe
Department News
16 Aug 2023
Monday, 25 September 2023 is the King’s Birthday public holiday in Western Australia. Wageline has published public holiday information for state system employers and employees on the King’s Birthday 2023 public holiday page. This page provides specific information on entitlements for: award free employees Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award Restaurant, Tearoom and...
Labour Relations
Department News
16 Aug 2023
The 2023 Perth Royal Show is being held in late September. There are laws which set restrictions on what ages children can work in Western Australia which apply to all workplaces including retail outlets, mobile food vans, and amusement rides at the Royal Show. Written parental permission is required for some young workers. Business owners and parents need to know: 15 years old is the youngest a...
Labour Relations
Department News
11 Sep 2023
The Work Health and Safety Commission is seeking public comment on a new draft code of practice on managing electrical risks in the workplace. The purpose of the code is to help a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) to manage electrical risks in the workplace, and it applies to all workplaces where a PCBU has management or control of electrical equipment, including electrical...
WorkSafe
Media release
11 Aug 2023
Private Sector Labour Relations industrial inspectors have the power to issue state system employers a civil infringement notice, similar to an ‘on-the-spot fine’, for failing to comply with record keeping or pay slip requirements. Recently a number of infringement notices have been issued to employers by industrial inspectors. One of these employers was the owner of a restaurant in an outer...
Labour Relations
Department News
27 Jul 2023

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