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Psychosocial hazards: Our commitments

Learn how WorkSafe is planning to achieve the aims and goals of The way forward: Priority two Psychosocial hazards. Regulatory activities and outputs: Raise awareness and seek compliance Compliance strategy Ensure the WHS regulatory framework has a consistent approach to psychosocial hazards,...
How we’ll get there
22 Mar 2024

Respiratory hazards: Our commitments

Learn how WorkSafe is planning to achieve the aims and goals of The way forward: Priority three Respiratory hazards . Regulatory activities and outputs: Raise awareness and seek compliance Compliance strategy Review and develop compliance tools (e.g. policies, procedures, templates, regulatory...
How we’ll get there
22 Mar 2024

Emerging challenges strategy

The way forward addresses WorkSafe's approach to emerging challenges including our aim, contributing factors, focus areas and new types of work. Aim Emerging challenges are recognised and addressed in a coordinated and collaborative fashion. Contributory factors New technology capabilities can...
About the strategy
22 Mar 2024

Strategy at a glance

Read a brief outline of WorkSafe's vision, goals, role and key priorities. What is WorkSafe's vision for work health and safety? Healthy and safe workplaces in Western Australia. What is our goal? To reduce work-related fatalities by ten percent and reduce the incidence of serious injuries and...
About the strategy
22 Mar 2024

Introduction to WorkSafe: The way forward

WorkSafe: The way forward is a high-level three-year rolling strategy to guide WorkSafe’s efforts to influence the industry to reduce work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses, going beyond day-to-day regulatory activities. The way forward will be implemented during the 2023-24 to 2025-26...
About the strategy
22 Mar 2024

Mining and exploration safety guides

Guidelines provide more information on the requirements of legislation and detail good practice. Dealing with bullying at work - guideline Development of an operating manual for tailings storage - guideline Diesel transport, storage and refuelling underground - guideline Effective safety and health...
Guides
15 Mar 2024

Mines statutory positions register

The Mines statutory positions register is used to validate an individual’s statutory position examination or certificate under the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022. Statutory positions are appointed by the person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) to carry out specific...
Statutory positions
29 Jan 2024

Violence and aggression

Work-related violence and aggression is any incident where a person is threatened, attacked or physically assaulted in circumstances relating to their work. Work-related violence and aggression covers a broad range of actions and behaviours that create a risk to health and safety of workers. These...
Violence and aggression
08 Jan 2024

Harassment

Harassment is inappropriate and unreasonable behaviour which can involve physical, verbal and visual conduct including: material that is displayed in the workplace, for example, on a noticeboard material put on a computer, sent by email, SMS or put on a website, blog or on social networking verbal...
Violence and aggression
22 Dec 2023

Managing the risk of falls at workplaces

How can I comply with the work health and safety laws? Under the Work Health and Safety and Regulations 2022 (WHS Regulations), duty holders will be required to manage the risk of falls at workplaces, as prescribed by the following regulations: Regulation 78 Management of risk of fall Regulations...
Working at height
18 Oct 2023

Pages

Publications

How to take action as a bystander witnessing sexual harassment: Poster

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This poster contains information on the steps to take as a bystander witnessing sexual harassment. This poster is also available in the following languages: Arabic Traditional Chinese Simplified...
WorkSafe
Poster
06 Aug 2024

Sexual harassment at work: Information sheet

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This information sheet is intended to provide information and support, and steps to take if a worker has been sexually harassed or bystander witnessing sexual harassment at work. This information...
WorkSafe
Information
06 Aug 2024

Information for bystanders of sexual harassment: Information sheet

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This information sheet for bystanders of sexual harassment is aimed at empowering bystanders by clearly identifying, as a call to action, appropriate and useful reporting contacts they may use. This...
WorkSafe
Information
06 Aug 2024

Granting of exemption from requirement (s) of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 - Regulation 246 - Items of plant to be registered - for 30 day period

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Pursuant to regulation 684 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 (WHS Mines Regulations), I have determined on my own initiative to grant an exemption from the requirement that an...
WorkSafe
Information
06 Nov 2023

WorkSafe: The way forward 2023-24 to 2025-26

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WorkSafe: The way forward 2023-24 to 2025-26 describes the goals, priority areas and measures of success for health and safety actions undertaken by WorkSafe. It provides an overview of the regulator...
WorkSafe
Plans
25 Mar 2024

Information sheet - Notification of high risk mining activity: Construction of, or making substantial change to, a tailing storage facility (TSF)

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Regulation 675UK of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 (WHS Mines Regulations) requires information about high risk mining activities at a mine to be notified to the regulator...
WorkSafe
Information
14 Aug 2024

Applying Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster in WA's mining industry

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WorkSafe Mines Safety and Professor Michael Quinlan, author of Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster hosted a series of free, interactive workshops on fatality prevention in the mining industry in...
WorkSafe
Information
04 Oct 2023

Statement of experience templates - Restricted quarry manager’s (non-explosives)

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A person is eligible for a restricted quarry manager’s (non-explosives) (RQMNE) certificate if they can use these forms to demonstrate evidence of: Statement of experience: Restricted quarry manager...
WorkSafe
Template
17 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 Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) to explore existing practices for...
WorkSafe
Reports
04 Dec 2023

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