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Call 1800 678 198 to report a workplace related death, serious injury or illness, or immediately life-threatening dangerous incident.
These must be reported to WorkSafe immediately after becoming aware of the incident. Urgent medical assistance where required should be sought prior to contacting WorkSafe. After phoning through the report, use the links below to notify online.
There is a duty to preserve the scene so far as reasonably practicable.
There is a duty to preserve the scene so far as reasonably practicable.
Notify an incident online
If the incident occurred on a worksite covered by the Work Health and Safety (Mining) Regulations 2022, details of the incident should be submitted to the regulator via the Safety Regulation System (SRS).
Before you can access SRS, you must register to use the system. Once this is done, you will receive a department account number which you will then use to access SRS.
SRS allows users to lodge documents and data with the Department electronically. This includes approvals, compliance, notifications, health and hygiene sampling information, levy assessment and licence and certification management. Some functions also enable customers to monitor the progress of their submissions and to upgrade and manage their licence details online.
If a notifiable incident occurs at or near a facility arising from a petroleum or geothermal operation, the registered operator / PCBU must report the incident to the regulator immediately after becoming aware of the incident occurring.
Reporting to the regulator can be performed by:
A guide providing operators additional information regarding their reporting obligations under both the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and WHS (Petroleum and Geothermal Operations) Regulations 2022 are currently being drafted and will be available shortly.
If the incident also involved a dangerous good, explosive or security sensitive ammonium nitrate, a separate notification must be reported to the Dangerous Goods Safety Branch, as detailed here Dangerous goods and explosives (dmp.wa.gov.au).
Further detail on what is reportable under the Dangerous Goods Safety Act 2004 is provided here What is a reportable dangerous goods incident? (dmp.wa.gov.au).
The regulator must be notified of any incident in relation to a workplace that exposes any person to a serious risk resulting from an immediate or imminent exposure to:
There is a duty to preserve the scene so far as reasonably practicable.
Mines and mine sites have an additional reporting requirement to notify of ‘reportable incidents’.
A reportable incident is one that results in injury or illness that requires medical treatment, where the severity is not sufficient to make it reportable as a serious injury or illness. It also includes incidents that had the potential to cause serious injury or harm to health, where the severity is not sufficient to make it reportable as a dangerous incident.
Reportable incidents are defined in the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022. All reportable incidents must be included in the quarterly work health and safety report provided to the regulator.
The definition of ‘reportable incidents’ includes, but is not limited to, the following:
reportable incident means any of the following that is not a notifiable incident;
Petroleum and geothermal energy operations have two further notification requirements.
Firstly, the definition of a ‘dangerous incident’ is expanded to include:
These definitions are added to the list of dangerous incidents.
Secondly, a ‘notifiable occurrence’ is one that had the potential to cause death or serious injury to a person but was not already reportable as it did not fall into the definition of a fatality, serious injury or illness, or dangerous incident. It also includes matters not already reportable that a reasonable operator would consider require an immediate investigation.
Reportable incidents and the extended list of dangerous incidents are defined in the Work Health and Safety (PAGEO) Regulations 2022.
The definition of ‘notifiable occurrences’ includes, but is not limited to, the following:
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