Respirable crystalline silica air monitoring notification form

From 1 September 2024, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who carries out high-risk processing of crystalline silica substances needs to undertake air monitoring for respirable crystalline silica in accordance with regulation 50 of the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022.

If the monitoring results show airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica has exceeded the workplace exposure standard of 0.05 mg/m3, the PCBU must report the results to the WorkSafe Commissioner using this form. 

Granting of exemption from requirement(s) of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 - Regulation 275: Item of plant registration document to be available

Pursuant to regulation 684 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 (WHS Mines Regulations), I have determined on my own initiative to grant an exemption, in specific circumstances, from the requirement that a registration holder must ensure that the registration document is available for inspection (regulation 275).

Granting of exemption from requirement(s) of the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 - Regulations 275 and 282: Plant registration document to be available or updated

Pursuant to regulation 684 of the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WHS Regulations), I have determined on my own initiative to grant an exemption, in specific circumstances, from the requirements that:

(1) The registration document for an item of plant must be available for inspection (regulation 275); and
(2) A registration holder must give the regulator written notice of changes to the registration holder’s name or other specified changes (regulation 282).

About the ThinkSafe. WorkSafe. campaign

Let's build a workplace together where everyone goes home safe.

The aim of the ThinkSafe. WorkSafe. campaign is to improve work practices to achieve better health and safety outcomes for workers. It is also to reinforce the importance of health and safety for every worker. The campaign supports basic risk management messages that focus on harm reduction and changing behaviour, whether at an individual or organisational level. 

WorkSafe is hoping to achieve the following four objectives through the campaign:

Significant Incident Summary No. 7: Working safely around agricultural equipment - Hobbs Hoist fatal incident

Farming equipment used to lift, transfer and support bins and crates on and off a truck bed is commonly known as a Hobbs Hoist. A farmer was fatally injured when a Hobbs Hoist supporting a seeder bin failed crushing the worker underneath.

A Hobbs Hoist consists of four rolling frames (stands), two holding rods with adjustable chains and two support pipes. When unloading an item such as a crate from a truck bed, the operator places the two support pipes through holes that run through the floor of the crate (Figure 1).

Notification form for permitted work with legacy engineered stone

From 1 July 2024, a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must notify the WorkSafe Commissioner of their intention to carry out any work involving the processing of legacy engineered stone in Western Australia before the work begins. This requirement includes when the PCBU directs or allows a worker to carry out the same work.

Providing the notification

The PCBU must submit the Notification form for permitted work with legacy engineered stone:

Significant Incident Summary No. 6 Offshore platform decommissioning near miss

In 2021, two workers were involved in a near miss incident beneath a swinging suspended load while decommissioning part of a monopod offshore platform in the  northern waters of Western Australia. The workers were cutting through the monopod’s main leg (caisson) when the topside, which was rigged to a crane on a vessel, unexpectedly moved and detached from the supporting monopod and swung over the workers. The crane operator quickly manoeuvred the topside away from the workers, lowering it into the water to control its motion.

Human factors in the HAZOP process : Information sheet

This information sheet provides information on human factors for operators to consider in their hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP) processes. HAZOP is a widely used and comprehensive method for process safety in major hazard facilities and petroleum and geothermal energy operations. The result of a HAZOP is a set of identified process hazards and list of actions to mitigate these.

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