Work Health And Safety Reporting
Work health and safety reporting covers internal records and a separate, more urgent duty to notify the regulator about certain incidents.
Notifiable incidents generally include a death, a serious injury or illness requiring immediate treatment as specified in the legislation, and dangerous incidents that expose someone to a serious risk even where nobody was hurt.
Two obligations follow, and both are commonly missed.
Notify immediately. As soon as you become aware, by the fastest means available, followed by written notification.
Preserve the site. The area must generally not be disturbed until an inspector arrives or the regulator directs otherwise, apart from what is needed to help someone or make the area safe.
The near miss category surprises people, because nobody was injured.
Safe Work Australia sets out notifiable incidents. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.
See Sentrient’s incident reporting software and work health and safety course.
What Workplace Incidents Should Be Reported?
Businesses are under a regulatory obligation to record all workplace incidents in a timely and appropriate manner. Failing to do so can result in non-compliance, hefty fines, operational disruption and even reputational damage. When incidents are not handled correctly, there is a possibility they can reoccur and create the same problems over and over again. […]
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