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Work Health Safety Excellence Awards 2023 Ceremony

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
05 Sep 2023

Toolbox presentations

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
04 Sep 2023

Change nominated supervisor

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
04 Aug 2023

Apply for a new high risk work 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
30 Jul 2023

Safe Work Month

During October each year, WorkSafe asks PCBUs and workers to join us in raising work health and safety awareness for National Safe Work Month. The theme for 2023 is “ Our way forward: Prioritising healthy and safe workplaces ”. This theme aligns with WorkSafe strategy 2023-25: The Way Forward...
Safe Work Month
28 Jul 2023

WorkSafe awareness campaigns overview

WorkSafe undertakes educational and awareness campaigns to promote work health and safety in workplaces throughout the year. Campaigns can range from large scale public awareness efforts which might be seen on video streamlining, radio, outdoor, social media and web, with extensive public relation...
WorkSafe awareness campaigns
27 Jul 2023

High risk work licence assessor accreditation

To become a high risk work licence accredited assessor, you must submit an application to WorkSafe Licensing. An accreditation to assess high risk work is issued to a person who has been trained and assessed as competent to conduct a competency assessment for a class of work for which they already...
High risk work licence assessor accreditation
27 Jul 2023

Identification photograph requirements for high risk work licences

Application for a new or renewal high risk work licence must be submitted with a ‘passport quality’ identification photograph which meets the required standards. There are many photograph service providers who can help you to take an appropriate photograph and will provide you with a digital copy...
High risk work licence application
13 Jul 2023

Information for RTOs

The following information is provided to support registered training organisations (RTO) who submit HRWL applications on behalf of applicants. More detail can be found in the following Information sheet. Registered training organisations lodging high risk work licence applications: Information...
Information about high risk work licences
13 Jul 2023

Manage or renew your existing high risk work licence

Use our online service to manage your licence including changing your contact details, renewing your high risk work licence or applying for a replacement card. Renew your licence Visit the renewals page for detail of how to renew and the application requirements: Renew my high risk work licence?...
Manage your existing high risk work licence
13 Jul 2023

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Publications

Health and Safety Bulletin No. 11 Provision and maintenance of automated external defibrillators at workplaces

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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

Health and Safety Bulletin No. 10 Fatalities caused by falling trailer ramps

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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

Information sheet - Guidance for individuals when making a complaint about gendered violence

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WorkSafe Mines Safety recognises that reporting an incident of sexual assault or sexual harassment can be a confronting and traumatic experience. This guidance is designed to provide you with...
WorkSafe
Information
31 Jul 2023

How tough are we now? A report for WorkSafe Mines Safety

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This report provides the findings of a Roadshow run by the WorkSafe Group (WorkSafe) of the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) to explore existing practices for managing...
WorkSafe
Reports
31 Jul 2023

Application for a licence to perform high risk work (New)

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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

Application to add a class to a high risk work licence

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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

Significant Incident Summary No. 3 - Installing non-original sun visors that reduce field of view – fatal incident

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WorkSafe’s investigation is ongoing. Information contained in this significant incident summary is based on evidence at the time of writing. WorkSafe is investigating an incident, which resulted in a...
WorkSafe
Alert
26 May 2023

Health and Safety Bulletin No. 9 Traffic management on roads and other areas where vehicles and mobile plant operate on a mine

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WorkSafe Mines Safety has conducted a review of mine inspection reports, including traffic management audits and incident factors, from 2019–2022. These identified a number of common issues that may...
WorkSafe
Bulletin
19 May 2023

Health and Safety Bulletin No. 8 Mobile cranes contacting live overhead power lines

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WorkSafe has recently investigated a number of incidents that involved mobile cranes making contact with live overhead power lines, especially on rural and agricultural properties. These incidents...
WorkSafe
Bulletin
19 May 2023

Zoonoses checklist

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This checklist has been developed to help minimise the risks to workers that may be exposed to zoonoses at work.
WorkSafe
Checklist
15 Mar 2023

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Announcements

Regulation amendments come into effect

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

High-voltage guide to empower facility owners

Updated guidance on management of high-voltage electrical installations Publication issued by Building & Energy and endorsed by WorkSafe Revised version aligns with current regulations including new WHS Act Owners and managers of premises with high-voltage electrical installations can now access updated guidance from WA’s energy and workplace safety regulators. Facilities such as large...
Building and Energy
Media release
24 Apr 2023

WorkSafe inspectors focus attention on mobile cranes

WorkSafe inspectors will be visiting crane businesses and operators to audit registered mobile cranes. Initial visits have revealed that some owners and operators are not conducting major inspections of their cranes. A major inspection must be carried out by a competent person, and requires: an examination of all critical components of the crane, if necessary by stripping down the crane and...
WorkSafe
Alert
15 Mar 2023

Incident notification

Businesses and undertakings must notify the regulator of certain incidents that arise out of the conduct of a business or undertaking at a workplace. The Interpretive guidelines - Incident notification will help you decide when and how to notify a work-related death, injury, illness or dangerous incident (further notification requirements apply to mines and petroleum and geothermal operations –...
WorkSafe
Alert
28 Feb 2023

Regulations on psychosocial hazards

Work health and safety regulations for the control of psychosocial risks will come into effect on 24 December 2022. These regulations will require a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) to eliminate psychosocial risks, or to minimise them so far as is reasonably practicable. This new duty places psychosocial hazards on the same footing as other significant hazards such as falls or...
WorkSafe
Department News
23 Dec 2022

Digital Identity and WARAM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) available

Two new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) sheets are now available. The new FAQs cover digital identity and the WA Relationship Authorisation Manager (WARAM). The My Account FAQ has also been updated. The FAQs provide answers to common questions such as: What is a digital identity and why we need to protect it? What is the WARAM and how can it benefit our customers and their business ? Both new...
Corporate
Department News
29 Sep 2022

Work health and safety: Translated information

The department has released a series of translated information on the WHS laws to assist vulnerable worker groups, including culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations. These information sheets are based on the WHS interpretative guidelines, the information sheets contain simplified wording providing people with guidance on the key concepts they need to understand, with hyperlinks...
WorkSafe
Department News
20 Jul 2022

New codes of practice released

The Minister for Industrial Relations has approved a series of Work Health and Safety codes of practice which came into effect today. These codes have been adapted for Western Australian work health and safety environments from the Model codes of practice published by Safe Work Australia, developed through consultation with unions and employer organisations. Dr Patricia Todd, Chair of the Work...
WorkSafe
Department News
15 Jul 2022

Important Changes to High Risk Work Licensing - New Work Health and Safety rules to begin 31 March 2022

The new Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WHS Regulations) were gazetted on 11 March 2022 and will commence on the 31 March 2022, bringing the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 into full force and effect. The WHS Regulations replace the current Occupational and Safety Regulations 1996 (OSH Regulations). You can access the WHS Regulations on the WA Legislation website: WALW - Work...
WorkSafe
Department News
25 Mar 2022

Draft Work Health and Safety regulations (exposure drafts) released

The McGowan Government has released exposure drafts of regulations under the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 ahead of the commencement of major work health and safety (WHS) reforms in March 2022. Releasing the exposure drafts of the supporting regulations provides all participants in Western Australian workplaces the opportunity to prepare themselves to meet the requirements of the new Act and to...
WorkSafe
Alert
20 Dec 2021

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