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General diving work compliance checklist

Use this example to develop a tool for your business to assess your levels of compliance.

DOC 900.1 kB 28 August 2020
Key motivators reporting tool

Key motivator reporting tool

PDF 338.84 kB 28 August 2020
Making workplaces safer for everyone, every day

Queensland workers and workplaces have the strongest safety protections thanks to the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (WHSOLA) Act 2024. While WHSOLA Act 2024 provides the strongest protections, safety is still a shared responsibility, and we all have a role to play in making sure our workplaces are safer for everyone, every day.

31 July 2024
Wesley Mission: how acting smarter is saving workers and money

Caring for the community for more than 100 years, Wesley Mission Queensland was referred to the Injury Prevention and Management program after experiencing a rise in its workers’ compensation costs and premium, in part due to slow injury reporting and return to work outcomes.

31 October 2018
September 2022

September 2022 edition of Rehabilitation and Return to Work e-bulletin.

16 September 2022
Auto guided vehicles case study: Carlton United Breweries

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland visited Carlton United Breweries (CUB) to learn more about auto guided vehicles (AGV) at the Yatala facility and how they are improving onsite traffic management (OSTM). CUB employs more than 1,700 people at six Australian breweries and various offices around Australia.

8 September 2022
How wellness impacts safety - pain science

This interactive session will explore how new ideas and findings in pain science and fatigue can help us to better understand accidents and how pain presents in the workplace.

8 September 2022
Sun safety in the workplace - Presentation

Toolbox talk for people working outdoors

PPTX 1.1 MB 28 August 2020
Tips for hazardous manual task training

The minimum information that should be included in your workers’ hazardous manual-tasks training.

DOCX 904.14 kB 28 August 2020
Sex work - Work health and safety guidance 2024

Sex work is decriminalised in Queensland, is recognised as work and is therefore subject to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act).

PDF 1.4 MB 23 July 2024
Plant design registration

Plant design registration guidelines for application.

PDF 360.29 kB 28 August 2020
July 2022

July 2022 edition of Rehabilitation and Return to Work e-bulletin.

27 July 2022