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Starting a business
How to set up your business so you comply with Queensland’s health and safety laws.
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WHS reports and statistics
View our WHS reports and statistics for key work health and safety statistics, regional profiles, locality profiles, notified fatalities, infographics postcards and industry statistical updates.
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Making workplaces safer for everyone, every day
Whether you’re an employer, employee or dedicated health and safety representative, we all have a role to play in making workplaces safer for everyone, every day.
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Managing traffic on site
Unfortunately, incidents involving vehicles and powered mobile plant and pedestrians in the workplace still causes far too many serious injuries and deaths to workers and members of the public.
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Data hub
The Workers' Compensation Regulator's Data and Evaluation Services team reports scheme statistics and monitors trends. This includes maintaining quality, up-to-date data for both scheme-wide and internal sources.
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Reports
View WHS and Workers' Compensation scheme reports and statistics.
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Jason Daniels' story – surviving an electric shock from overhead powerlines
Jason was only 17 years old when the grain auger he was moving contacted overhead powerlines and he received a serious electric shock.
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Safe work method statements
A Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) documents a process for identifying and controlling health and safety hazards and risks. PCBU must prepare a safe work method statement prior to commencing any high risk construction work.
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Plant Design Registration Portal
Complete this form to apply for plant design registration.
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Performance
View the report summaries of Queensland performance against other jurisdictions, Queensland workers' compensation scheme performance update and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectorate performance.
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Regulator legislative updates
Workers' compensation and return to work data and information is available from a number of sources.
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Electrical exclusion zones
Contact with powerlines can result in death or serious injury for a worker. Supervisors and workers should assess the risks of working near overhead powerlines or underground electric lines before work commences.