Who is covered
Everyone has a responsibility to care for their own and others' health and safety at workplaces, while carrying out work activities or using plant and substances.
The Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 kB) specifically applies to:
- people who conduct a business or undertaking
- people in control of a workplace
- principal contractors
- people in control of relevant workplace areas
- people in control of fixtures, fittings or plant included in relevant workplace areas
- designers, manufactures, hirers, importers and suppliers of plant
- owners of plant
- erectors and installers of certain plant
- manufacturers, suppliers and importers of substances used at workplaces
- clients
- designers of structures
- project managers
- workers
- workplace visitors including customers and visiting salespeople
- volunteers.
These people all have workplace health and safety obligations to meet.
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