• Industry sectors
• Managing risk
• Workplace incidents
• Notify or give notice to WHSQ
• Workplace rights and obligations
• Statutory requests
  • Default resolution procedure
  • Issues an inspector can decide
  • Issues an inspector can assist in resolving
• Workplace training
• Health professionals
• Small business
• Medium business
• Large business
• Public sector
• Major hazard facilities
• Reporting an incident

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Businesses

Business should access a range of information to assist them meet their obligations or remain informed about workplace health and safety issues that may affect them.

Industry sectors
Business can access a range of health and safety information for various industry sectors.

Managing risk
In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for risk management, and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand relevant legislation and codes of practice.

Notify or give notice to WHSQ
Legislation can require you to notify or give notice to Workplace Health and Safety Queensland of an activity, action or issue.

Workplace incidents
What to do in an emergency, reporting an incident, recording and investigating non-notifiable events and when there is a death in the workplace.

Workplace rights and obligations
Know and meet your obligations.

Statutory requests
Certain parties may request the regulator to appoint an inspector to attend the workplace to make a decision on an issue or to assist in resolving an issue.

Workplace training
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) does not endorse the companies/organisations listed and provides no assurance as to the quality of the courses/services/goods listed.

Health professionals
Information for doctors who specialise in occupational diseases on emerging issues, prevention and health surveillance.

Small business
Information for businesses employing less than 20 people.

Medium business
Information for businesses with between 20 and 100 employees (or declared wages between $1 million and $10 million).

Large business
Information for businesses employing more than 100 employees.

Public sector
Government departments can access a range of information about workplace health and safety, workplace absence, rehabilitation and injury management practices and initiatives.

Major hazard facilities
Major Hazard Facilities (MHFs) are locations such as oil refineries, chemical plants and large fuel and chemical storage sites where large quantities of hazardous materials are stored, handled or processed.

Work health and safety incident notification
An incident is notifiable to WHSQ by law if it arises out of the conduct of a business or undertaking and results in the death, serious injury or serious illness of a person or involves a dangerous incident.