Prosecutions

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) actively enforces the law, prosecuting alleged offenders under the prosecutions framework.

Prosecution list
View summaries of workplace prosecutions in a given financial year.

Prosecution search
Know what you're looking for? Our prosecution search will help you find the relevant workplace prosecution summary.

Guidelines for prosecutions
Guidelines providing information about the way prosecutions are conducted by WHSQ.

Request that the regulator commences a prosecution
How to request the regulator to commence a prosecution if an offence has occurred.

Cause to prosecute
WHSQ actively draws public attention to individuals and organisations it successfully prosecutes.

Defences
Following a regulation or code of practice will provide you with a defence in a prosecution for a breach of an obligation.

Appeals and internal review of decisions
If your interests are affected by a decision of an inspector (including the issue of statutory notices) you can apply to the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations for the decision to be reviewed internally.

Access to your information
The Right to Information Act 2009 (the RTI Act) and the Information Privacy Act 2009 (the IP Act) give a right of access to information held by government, unless, on balance it would be contrary to the public interest to release the information.

Publishing policy
This policy details the Departments' approach to publishing information arising from workplace health and safety, electrical safety and industrial relations investigation and enforcement activities, in particular prosecutions and enforceable undertakings.