Health and safety guidance and resources for businesses that transport passengers, mail or goods by road, rail, water or air; including warehousing or storage services. Or provide scenic and sightseeing transport.
Transport, postal and warehousing
Alerts
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Incident alert
Worker injured when steel pipe fellIn 2024, a worker sustained serious injuries while helping to load a truck.
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Incident alert
Fatal incident during cane harvesting operationsIn a recent farm incident, two heavy vehicle cane haulage trucks collided, which resulted in the fatalities of both drivers.
Guides
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Steering Healthy Minds
A collaboration by the Transport Industry Mental Health Initiative (TIMHI), Steering Healthy Minds has identified three main areas of focus – normalising, promo...
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Transport industry infographic postcard
Printable statistical overview of industry
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Health and Safety Solution - Using forklift attachments
Health and Safety Solution - using forklift attachments.
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Understanding a forklift's load capacity
Health and Safety Solution about understanding a forklift's load capacity
Tools
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Safer truck design procurement and retrofitting checklist
Safer truck design procurement and retrofitting checklist
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Safe handling when securing loads on trucks advisory tool
Advisory tool to accompany the safe handling when securing loads on trucks campaign.
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Safe immobilising heavy vehicles and trailers checklist tool
This self-assessment checklist allows workplaces to conduct hazard and risk identification on the four areas where immobilisation failures typically occur.
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Transport industry - checklists for managing hazardous manual-tasks at customer sites
Include some of the common issues associated with manual-tasks at customer sites.
Codes of practice
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Cane rail safety - A supplement to the Sugar mill safety Code of Practice 2024
This document is a supplement to the Sugar mill safety Code of Practice, and forms part of that code. The purpose of this supplement is to a...
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Cash in transit code of practice 2011
This code of practice provides practical advice on how to manage risks in the cash in transit industry.
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Traffic management for construction or maintenance work code of practice 2008
Guidance on how to manage the risks posed by traffic to workers and other persons while construction or maintenance work is happening on or ...
HazardsAll hazards
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Spray painting and powder coating
Spray painting is an efficient way to apply high-quality paint coatings to a wide range of surfaces, and it’s used in a variety of industrie...
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Pig handling
Pigs can cause serious injury if not handled properly. Learn about the risks involved in pig handling and how to keep yourself and others sa...
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Cattle handling
Cattle are large animals that can move quickly and be aggressive. Their ease of handling can differ due to previous experiences, breed chara...
NewsAll news
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WorkCover premium freeze good news for Queensland
Crisafulli Government endorses WorkCover premium freeze for 2025-26.
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Allied Health Services Tables of Costs review for 2025-2026
WorkCover Queensland is commencing our annual review of the Allied Health Services Tables of Costs for the 2025-2026 financial year.
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Tis the season to be jolly
The holiday season is fast approaching and with it, extended trading hours across the state allowing Queenslanders to avoid the Christmas ru...
EventsAll events
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Mentally healthy workplaces workshops 2025
Designed for managers and supervisors, you’ll be equipped with foundational skills to identify, assess and manage risks to psychological hea...
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Workers’ Memorial Day 2025
Join us and the Consultative Committee for Work-Related Fatalities and Serious Incidents on Monday 28 April 2025 for Workers' Memorial Day t...
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North Queensland Work Well Conference 2025
Join us for the exciting North Queensland Work Well Conference, where industry leaders and experts will share invaluable insights and strate...
Services
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WorkCover Connect for employers
Manage your claims and policy with our free online service.
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Check insurance cover
Check to see if an employer has a current accident insurance policy.
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Hazardous chemical notifications
Make a hazardous chemical notification to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.
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Send or request WorkCover information
The easiest and fastest way you can get information to or from WorkCover Queensland is using our dedicated online services.
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Electrical licence holder search
You can check the status of electrical contractor licence numbers through our online Electrical Licence Search.
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Electrical contractor self-audit
This self-audit is designed to help you better understand and meet your key electrical safety obligations.
CampaignsAll campaigns
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Ensuring health and safety in food delivery services
Whether your business produces and delivers food or employs delivery drivers, it is essential you prioritise your workers’ health and safety...
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Tyre safety campaign
Tyres can pose risks to workers and others throughout their lifecycle, particularly when heavy vehicles are part of business operations. Dur...
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Work Well Awards 2023
More than 111 organisations and individuals entered this year’s Work Well Awards, demonstrating their dedication to making Queensland workpl...
VideosAll videos
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Recent caselaw insights: Employer liability in the workplace
In this webinar recording, WorkCover Queensland Senior Lawyer, Trina Cash, along with guest presenters Ed Zappert and Andrew Hall of Crown L...
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Case study - People at Work - Holy Cross Services
In this video, Cameron, their Learning and Development Advisor, shares how the program’s tools are helping to identify training gaps, improv...
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Back to basics: how to do a risk assessment for psychosocial hazards at work
This session brings us back to basics regarding psychosocial hazards, providing a step-by-step walkthrough of the risk management process in...
Case studiesAll case studies
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Judgement ruled in favour of Plaintiff in PTSD case
The Plaintiff was a 27-year-old former aged care worker, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of a sexual assault at work...
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Plaintiff alleged the absence of proper training led to inability to assess and mitigate risks
Ritchie James Edward Lowe v Greenmountain Food Processing Pty Ltd [2024] QDC 204. The Plaintiff failed to establish any negligence or insuff...
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The home: another place of employment where workplace injuries can occur
Working from home creates an additional place of employment in which the employer must take steps to do what is reasonably practicable to en...
Forms
All forms
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Application for registration of plant design (Form 14)
Form 14 Application for registration of plant design.
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Form 14 - Application for registration of plant design
Designer statement and declaration for plant design registration (parts 4 and 5 of Form 14).
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Form 8 - Application for registration of registrable plant
Plant includes: boilers, amusement devices, building maintenance unit, passenger lift, mobile crane, pressure vessel, tower crane, and concrete placement units....
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Form 74 - New application for authorisation
If your workplace uses, handles or stores prohibited or restricted carcinogenic hazardous chemicals, use this form to apply for authorisation.
Podcasts
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Providing a psychologically safe and positive workplace
Creating a psychologically safe workplace to improve health outcomes and reduce absenteeism and compensation claims.
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Navigating psychosocial hazards and factors within the workplace
Tanya Orszulak from the Psychological Health Unit talked to 4BC Radio about Mental Health Week and how to navigate psychosocial hazards and factors within the w...