Notifications

Notifiable event

Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) you must notify us when certain work-related events occur

Raise a health or safety concern

If you have a concern about an unsafe or unhealthy work situation, you can raise your concern with WorkSafe.

Particular hazardous work (Notifiable works)

You must provide WorkSafe with 24 hours notice of work that is particularly hazardous.

Electricity or gas event notification

Use this form to notify us about a non-workplace accident, including injury to a member of the public, involving electricity or gas

Raise a mentally healthy work concern

If the business or organisation you work for is not meeting their obligations to look after your mental health at work, you can use this form to raise a concern with WorkSafe.

Geothermal consents and reports

This quick guide provides information about what you, as a geothermal bore owner or manager, need to do.

Make a protected disclosure

If you believe there has been serious wrongdoing by or in the organisation you work for, and it relates to work health and safety, energy safety, or bullying or harassment at work (including sexual harassment), you can make a protected disclosure to WorkSafe.

Notifying occupational disease or illness

Find more information how to notify us about an occupational disease or illness, including asbestos exposure.

Asbestos exposure registration

If you’ve been exposed to asbestos, you can register with the Asbestos Exposure Database.

Major hazard facilities

Operators of facilities or proposed facilities are required to notify WorkSafe of specified hazardous substances that are present, or likely to be present.

Well operations notification

Drilling contractors of non-production installations and permit operators of production installations or who manage or control well operations must notify us at certain times.

Temporary storage for a pest control operation or pesticide application

Use this form to notify us of a temporary storage site of a 6.1A, 6.1B or 6.1C substance associated with the imminent start of a pest control operation or pesticide application task (under certain circumstances).

Mines, Quarries and Tunnels

Forms required to notify WorkSafe about high risk activities, mining and tunnelling operations, and quarry and alluvial mine operations.

Making a complaint about an authorisation holder

If you have a complaint or concern about a particular authorisation holder, you can raise it with WorkSafe.

Adventure activity operations

Adventure activity operators must notify WorkSafe about their operations

Interest in knowing an enforcement action

Submit your interest in knowing whether a particular matter has been, is, or is to be subject to the taking of an enforcement action by WorkSafe.

Notification of Commissioning of Hazardous Substance Location or Transit Depot

If you manage or control a hazardous substance location (HSL) or transit depot, you're required to notify us of the HSL or transit depot before it is commissioned (i.e. before receipt of the hazardous substances that are required to be at a HSL or transit depot).

Installation fault notice

If you are an energy worker and are notifying us about an electrical or gas installation fault, please use our online form.

Notifying us of an unsafe product

If you are notifying us of an unsafe gas or electrical product, please use our online complaint form.

Intended detonation and deflagration of class 1 substances

Use this form to notify us of intended detonation and deflagration of Class 1 substances under the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017.