• Health and safety tips
  • Construction
  • Health and community services
  • Hospitality, recreation and other services
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail and wholesale
  • Rural
  • Transport and storage
  • Young workers
• Workplace Health and Safety topics
• Chemicals, substances and dangerous goods
  • The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
  • Chemicals and substances
  • Dangerous goods
  • Material Safety Data Sheets and labelling
• WHSOs
  • Changes to Workplace Health and Safety Officers (WHSOs)
  • Workplace health and safety officers (WHSOs)
  • Training organisations that conduct WHSO courses
• HSRs and committees
  • Health and safety representatives (HSR)
  • Workplace health and safety committee
• Workers compensation
  • For employers
  • For workers
• Workers rights and responsibilities
• Training
  • Training to be a WHSO
  • Requirements to deliver WHSO training
  • Training for WHSRs 30630QLD
  • Construction safety induction 30215QLD
  • What is an accredited provider and a Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
  • Becoming a training provider
  • Registered Training Organisations (RTOs)
  • Traineeships and apprenticeships
• Young workers
• Indigenous workers
• Make a workplace complaint

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Workers

Workers require access to current information so they can perform their work safely.

Health and safety tips
You can find health and safety tips, injury statistics, your rights and obligations and how to manage risks in your occupation.

Workplace Health and Safety topics
Key topics about your health and safety and potential hazards and risks you may face in your workplace.

Chemicals, substances and dangerous goods
In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for hazardous materials, and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand relevant legislation and codes of practice.

WHSOs
Any workplace with 30 or more employees is required by law to have a workplace health and safety officer (WHSO). WHSO training can only be conducted by registered training providers appointed by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland.

HSRs and committees
Health and safety representatives (HSRs) are elected by their co-workers to represent them on workplace health and safety issues. Health and safety committees help workers and employers work together to make a workplace healthy and safe.

Workers compensation
Workcover Queensland has information covering the compensation process, including fatalities in the workplace.

Workers rights and responsibilities
You have a workplace health and safety obligation to yourself and to others.

Young workers
Workplace Health and Safety resources designed specifically for young workers, including materials to start discussions, use as reminders on lunch room walls, or as topics for staff meetings.

Training
Information about training courses for WHSOs, WHSRs, construction safety induction, becoming a training provider, registered training organisations and trainees and apprenticeships.

Indigenous workers
Safety information, advisory support and training available to Indigenous communities, organisations, businesses and individuals throughout Queensland.

Make a workplace complaint
This form can be used to report the following:

• a risk of injury or illness to persons at a workplace or a relevant workplace area, caused by a work activity, plant, substance or workplace harassment
• an electrical risk to persons or property
• a risk of harm to persons, property or the environment caused by storage or handling of hazardous materials, or
• a suspected non-compliance with a workplace health and safety, electrical safety or dangerous goods regulatory requirement.