WorkSafe's health and safety services are available from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. The incident reporting number is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Report a workplace incident
Call 1800 678 198 to report a workplace related death, serious injury or illness, or immediately life-threatening dangerous incident.
These must be reported to WorkSafe immediately after becoming aware of the incident. Urgent medical assistance where required should be sought prior to contacting WorkSafe. After phoning through the report, you will also need to notify online.
Find out how to report an incident.
Report an incident involving dangerous goods and explosives
For dangerous goods emergencies or accidents requiring the attendance of emergency services, telephone 000.
You need to report incidents as soon as practicable to a Dangerous Goods Officer by calling (08) 6251 2300 (during business hours) or 1800 678 198 (after business hours).
Learn more about reporting an incident involving dangerous goods and explosives.
Licensing and registration
See DEMIRS licensing and registration to learn more about the following licences.
- Asbestos removal licence to remove specific types and amounts of asbestos
- Demolition licence to carry out demolition work
- High risk work licence, such as scaffolding and rigging, operating cranes and forklifts, and using boilers and other pressure equipment
- Plant design and registration, such as pressure vessels, boilers, cranes and escalators including alteration
- High risk work licence accredited assessor to conduct high risk work licence assessments on behalf of registered training organisations approved by WorkSafe
- Dangerous goods and explosives licences
All licencing applications and enquires please call 1300 424 091 or email wscallcentre@demirs.wa.gov.au
For all demolition applications and enquires please email worksaferegistration@demirs.wa.gov.au
White card
For white card enquiries please email cit@demirs.wa.gov.au
All lost white card enquiries please check the Construction Induction Card Database
To report all other non-life threatening hazards, you can contact WorkSafe by phone on 1300 307 877, or email wscallcentre@demirs.wa.gov.au
See Report unsafe work for more information.
Health and safety representatives
Contact Community Education Officers by emailing CommunityEducationOfficers@demirs.wa.gov.au
Submit a freedom of information application
Before lodging an application, contact the department to determine if the required documents are held by the agency and whether submitting an application is necessary.
Some documents may be available outside of the Freedom of Information process or publicly available. For more information please refer to lodging a freedom of information application.
Safety Regulation System (SRS)
Phone: 08 9358 8001
Email: SRSManager@demirs.wa.gov.au
For assistance entering Dangerous Goods licensing information into SRS:
Phone: 6251 2300 (option 1)
Email: DangerousGoods@demirs.wa.gov.au
Access the Safety Regulation System.
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Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National)
If you would like support from an interpreter, you can contact us using the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 for the cost of a local call.
National Relay Service (NRS)
If you are d/Deaf, hard of hearing and/or have a speech impairment, you can make and receive calls using the National Relay Service (or NRS). The department uses NRS to ensure our contact numbers are accessible. To access a standard, mobile, 1300, or 1900 number for the department:
- TTY users - phone 133 677 and ask for the phone number you wish to contact.
- Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay) users - phone 1300 555 727 and ask for the phone number you wish to contact.
- Internet relay users - visit the National Relay Service website and ask for the phone number you wish to contact.
To access an 1800 number for the department:
- TTY users - phone 1800 555 677 and ask for the 1800 toll-free number you wish to contact.
- Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay) users - phone 1800 555 727 and ask for the 1800 toll-free number you wish to contact.
- Internet relay users - visit the National Relay Service website and ask for the 1800 toll-free number you wish to contact.