Administrative and support services

Ambassadors

Queensland Safety Ambassador Shane shares the impact of his father's death and importance of staying safe at work and strong safety culture.

Safety Advocates

Our Safety Advocates highlight the personal impacts that an injury can have on workers and their families.

Safe Work and Return to Work Awards 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 winners and finalists from across Queensland. This year we saw an exceptional level of innovation, leadership an...

New films urge rural Queenslanders to be safe around electricity

Five new films launched by the Queensland Government today are aimed at keeping rural communities safe from electrical dangers.

Mushroom farm fined $130,000 for workplace incident

A family-run Ballandean mushroom farm and its director faced the Warwick Magistrates Court recently in relation to horrific injuries sustain...

Former nurse tells how her neighbour’s life was in her hands

Be prepared - that’s the message a life-saving nurse wants you to adopt if you work on the land or in isolated areas across the state. It’s ...

The evolving role of safety leaders, Dom O’Brien

Discover how leaders not only embrace, but also set themselves up for success in a landscape that is constantly changing.

Safe Work Month Launch

Join us online at 9am on Friday 7 October 2021 as we celebrate the start of Safe Work Month with a free online event that has something for ...

Mental Health Forum 2021

The Mental Health Forum is an opportunity to get together and hear from industry experts as we discuss how we can promote, prevent, interven...

Storms and floods

It's important for employers and workers to be prepared for the threat of a natural disaster. This page has important health and safety info...

Children in workplaces

Hazards to children in places of work carry the risk of injury, illness, or death. Workers and management can work together to reduce these ...

Healthy workers survey

Use this survey to create a profile of your workforce’s health and wellbeing status.

Hazardous manual tasks code of practice 2021

This code of practice on how to manage the risks associated with hazardous manual tasks and control the risks of workers being affected by m...

First aid in the workplace code of practice 2021

This Code of Practice on first aid in the workplace is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011...

Children and young workers code of practice 2006

Advice on how to manage health and safety at workplaces where children and young workers are likely to be.

Too fast, too soon – Domenic’s story

Too fast, too soon shares Domenic Cocco's story, who was just seven when he suffered life-threatening injuries after crashing his quad bike.

Protech

Nuflow Technologies

Worker unsuccessfully appeals court's initial finding that she was not bullied at work

Robertson v State of Queensland, 7 May 2021. The Court of Appeal has dismissed a worker's appeal against the District Court of Queensland's ...

Employers need to consider the health and safety of those at work outside of normal hours

In the recent judgement of Walker v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd [2020] QSC 329, the Supreme Court of Queensland found an employer ...

Damages awarded to librarian for back injury.

The Plaintiff was a librarian who injured her back when upturning a book return box to retrieve a book that had slipped under the base.