Guides

Workers’ compensation insurers’ interface data specification: Data submission process and validation reference guide

This document lists and describes all of the validations applied to the monthly insurer interface data submission.

Guide to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Queensland

This guide is designed to help people understand their health and safety duties and rights in the workplace. However, it is not intended to be read in place of the WHS Act. To assist readers, cross-references to specific sections of the WHS Act are provided after each heading.

An Assessment of Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace

People at Work is a psychosocial risk assessment process. It aims to help organisations identify and manage workplace risks to the psychological health of all workers, volunteers and persons at the workplace. Final Report to Partner Organisations 2016 (168 pages).

Vehicles as a Workplace - Work Health and Safety Guide

This guide is for firms, organisations and individuals who use vehicles for work purposes on the road networks of Australia or New Zealand. The guide describes a process for dealing with road traffic hazards in line with work health and safety (WHS) legislation and road traffic safety (RTS) principles. It covers all vehicle use in road traffic and complements other legislative requirements that apply to businesses whose primary purpose is transport, such as bus, truck or taxi operators.

Good work design for young workers (Webinar: slides and transcript)

Supporting and engaging with young workers in health and safety through good work design, effective leadership and a supportive safety culture. Includes SEQwater case study. 28 May 2015

WorkCover Queensland Accredited Rehabilitation and Return to Work Program

WorkCover Queensland collaborates with a worker, their employer, treating providers, and other stakeholders to get the best outcomes and help the worker to recover and get back to work promptly and safely.

Safe working and supervision guide for electrical apprentices

This guide has been designed to assist electrical apprentices in Queensland to understand the electrically safe working practices required as an apprentice.

Strategies to ensure compliance

A report on OIR strategies to ensure compliance in priority industries between 2007 - 2017 (88 pages).

Preventing and managing fatigue-related risk in the workplace

A guide on preventing and managing fatigue-related risk in the workplace.

Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety

Independent review by Tim Lyons (July 2017).

Workers’ compensation insurers’ interface data specifications

This document describes the data and processing for the interface between Workers' Compensation Insurers and the rgulator. Version 6.4