• Workplace rights and obligations
  • General information
  • Who has obligations and what are they?
• Meeting your obligations
• Failing to meet your obligations
• Right of entry
• Provision Improvement Notice (PIN)
• Workplace amenities
• First aid
• Personal protective equipment
• Internal investigations

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Who has obligations?

Everyone has a part to play in ensuring their workplace health and safety and the workplace health and safety of others in Queensland.

The Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 kB) specifies workplace health and safety obligations for individuals in their various roles.

For example:
A person may be an employer, principal contractor and supplier of plant at the same time. In this case, the person has obligations in each of these capacities.

The Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 specifies the obligations for:

People who conduct a business or undertaking
Workplace health and safety obligations for people who conduct a business or undertaking, including employers, self-employed people and relevant persons

People in control of a workplace
Workplace health and safety obligations for people in control of a workplace, including owners

Principal contractors
Workplace health and safety obligations for principal contractors

People in control of relevant workplace areas
Workplace health and safety obligations for people in control of relevant workplace areas, including owners

People in control of fixtures, fittings or plant included in relevant workplace areas
Workplace health and safety obligations for people in control of fixtures, fittings or plant included in relevant workplace areas, including owners

Designers of plant
Workplace health and safety obligations for designers of plant

Manufacturers of plant
Workplace health and safety obligations for manufacturers of plant

Suppliers of plant
Workplace health and safety obligations for suppliers of plant

Owners of plant
Workplace health and safety obligations for owners of plant

Erectors and installers of plant
Workplace health and safety obligations for erectors and installers of plant

Manufacturers of substances
Workplace health and safety obligations for manufacturers of substances

Suppliers of substances
Workplace health and safety obligations for suppliers and importers of substances

Clients
Workplace health and safety obligations for clients for construction work

Project managers
Workplace health and safety obligations for project managers for construction work

Designers of structures
Workplace health and safety obligations for designers of structures, including building designers

Workers
Workplace health and safety obligations for workers

Workplace visitors
Workplace health and safety obligations for workplace visitors

Volunteers
Workplace health and safety obligations for volunteers and volunteer organisations