Australian Workplace Health & Safety
Australian Workplace Health & Safety
Contacts by State
NSW:
SafeWork NSW
SafeWork NSW is the state’s workplace health and safety regulator. It focuses on harm prevention and improving the safety culture in NSW workplaces.
SafeWork NSW:
• offers advice on improving work health and safety
• provides licensing and registration for potentially dangerous work
• provides testing services
• investigates workplace incidents, and
• enforces work health and safety laws in NSW.
Contact details:
Website: www.safework.nsw.gov.au
Email:
Phone: 13 10 50
Vic:
WorkSafe Victoria
WorkSafe Victoria's responsibilities include:
• help avoid workplace injuries occurring
• enforce Victoria's occupational health and safety laws
• provide reasonably priced workplace injury insurance for employers
• help injured workers back into the workforce, and
• manage the workers' compensation scheme by ensuring the prompt delivery of appropriate services and adopting prudent financial practices.
Contact details:
Website: www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
Email:
Phone: 1800 136 089 or 03 9641 1444
Qld:
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, Office of Industrial Relations (WHSQ)
WHSQ is responsible for improving work health and safety in Queensland and helping reduce the risk of workers being killed or injured on the job.
It is WHSQ's role to:
• enforce work health and safety laws
• investigate workplace fatalities and serious injuries
• prosecute breaches of legislation
• educate employees and employers on their legal obligations.
The Office of Industrial Relations also oversees Queensland's workers' compensation scheme.
The Queensland Government has determined that separate legislation will be maintained for electrical safety and mining safety—see contact details below.
Contact details:
Website: www.worksafe.qld.gov.au
Online enquiry form
Phone: 1300 362128
SA:
SafeWork SA
SafeWork SA delivers a full range of workplace safety, public safety and industrial relations services to promote and encourage safe, fair and productive working lives in South Australia.
As the state’s occupational health, safety and welfare agency, SafeWork SA achieves success by working with employers, employees, unions and industry representatives to ensure compliance and help people understand and meet their obligations.
Contact details:
Website: www.safework.sa.gov.au
Email:
Phone: 1300 365 255
WA:
WorkSafe WA
WorkSafe is the Western Australian Government agency responsible for the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984. It is a division of the Department of Commerce.
WorkSafe aims to reduce workplace fatalities and injury and disease rates in accordance with national targets, by:
• reducing high incidence/severity risks
• improving the capacity of business operators and workers to manage occupational safety and health effectively
• preventing occupational disease more effectively
• eliminating hazards at the design stage, and
• strengthening the capacity of government to influence occupational safety and health outcomes.
Contact details:
Website: www.commerce.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/
Email:
Phone: 1300 307 877
Tas:
WorkSafe Tasmania
WorkSafe Tasmania’s primary role is to improve workplace safety, health and return to work. It administers the laws that regulate work health and safety, workers compensation, occupational licensing, asbestos compensation, dangerous goods, and more.
WorkSafe Tasmania also investigates workplace incidents, audits workplaces for compliance with legislation, promotes safer and healthier workplaces, promotes prompt and effective return to work, and more.
Contact details:
Website: www.worksafe.tas.gov.au
Email:
Phone: 03 6166 4600 (outside Tasmania) or 1300 366 322 (inside Tasmania)