Contact WorkSafe
Tel: 1300 307 877
Email us
24 hour serious incident and fatality reporting line
Freecall: 1800 678 198
Mason Bird Building
303 Sevenoaks St
Cannington WA 6107
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Reporting an injury or disease online (see list of reportable injuries and diseases below)
You can submit your notification using an online form, however to report a workplace fatality or serious incident please call 1800 678 198.
In order to report an injury or disease, you will need:
If you cannot complete the online form please call WorkSafe on 1300 307 877
Work related deaths and certain types of injuries and diseases must be reported to WorkSafe. Failure to report could lead to prosecution. Reporting must be done by the relevant employer whenever these occur in connection with their business.
Relevant employers include the self-employed, principal contractors and labour hire agents. WorkSafe require notification of the same reportable death, injury or disease by all the different ‘relevant employers’. Reporting is also required if a worker dies, or suffers an injury or disease at employer provided residential premises (as described under s23G(2) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act)..
The types of injuries that must be reported are:
Types of diseases that must be reported are:
Please note: This text has been extracted from the ‘About WorkSafe, inspectors and notices’ document, updated in August 2013.
Health surveillance in the workplace refers to the health monitoring of employees where there is a risk to health from exposure to certain hazardous substances (e.g. lead, asbestos, silica, isocyanate) Health surveillance must be supervised by an Appointed Medical Practitioner (AMP). Health surveillance may include completion of a questionnaire, medical examination, blood or urine tests, lung function tests, chest x-rays, or other health tests relevant to the substance.
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