Work health and safety alerts issued after 31 March 2022. These health and safety alerts suggest practical measures to assist in reducing the risk.
Significant incident summary
Significant incident summaries are issued following the investigation of a single incident of significance, such as a serious injury, fatality or near miss. They outline what happened and highlight measures that may help prevent a similar incident occurring.
- Significant Incident Summary No. 1 Employee suffers burn injury from aerosol can dropped in deep fryer
- Significant Incident Summary No. 2 Scaffolder falls and is injured while carrying out high risk construction work
- Significant Incident Summary No. 3 Installing non-original sun visors that reduce field of view: fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 4 Driver entrapment risk when exiting a bus or coach: fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 5 Farm worker entangled in rotating machinery: fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 6 Offshore platform decommissioning near miss
- Significant Incident Summary No. 7 Working safely around agricultural equipment: Hobbs Hoist fatal incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 8 Worker drowns while pumping water for roadworks
- Significant Incident Summary No. 9 Skid steer loader crush incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 10 Worker crushed while operating a side-loader trailer
- Significant Incident Summary No. 11 All terrain elevating work platform incident
- Significant Incident Summary No. 12 Kayak and stand-up paddle board users swept out to sea
- Significant Incident Summary No. 13 Worker fatally injured in fall from height
- Significant Incident Summary No. 14 Risks associated with remote controls to move skip bins
Health and safety bulletin
Health and safety bulletins are issued when WorkSafe identified a pattern of incidents, poor work practices, inadequate control measures, or an emerging safety issue. They provide information about the risks and suggest ways to manage them.
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 1 Embrittlement – Serious risk to alloy lifting chain integrity when lifting loads in a corrosive environment
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 2 Lifting, lowering or suspending loads
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 3 Ruptured aluminium air conditioning flushing canisters
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 4 Managing drilling breakthroughs in underground mining
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 5 Fraudulent qualifications in the WA mining industry
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 6 Requirements for flying foxes (zip lines) under the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 7 Water slide health and safety requirements
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 8 Mobile cranes contacting live overhead power lines
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 9 Traffic management on roads and other areas where vehicles and mobile plant operate on a mine
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 10 Fatalities caused by falling trailer ramps
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 11 Provision and maintenance of automated external defibrillators at workplaces
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 12 Asbestos containing flooring material
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 13 Fire doors containing friable asbestos material
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 14 Bridge crane and scissor lift collision during crane maintenance
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 15 Hydraulic fluid contamination resulting in uncontrolled movement: elevating work platforms
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 16 Incorrect use of a pipe wrench on a drilling rig
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 17 Falls through fragile roofs and roof openings
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 18 Dangers of storing aerosol cans inside vehicle cabins
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 19 Entrapment hazards in public playgrounds
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 20 Risks to workers exposed to electrical hazards
- Health and Safety Bulletin No.21 Assessing the risks when riding horses
- Health and Safety Bulletin No.22 Working under vehicles and mobile plant
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 23 Attempted use of falsified licences
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 24 Hazard of lightning strikes on haul trucks
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 25 Safe handling and application of metham sodium
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 26 Reducing exposure to carcinogenic welding fumes
- Health and Safety Bulletin No. 27 Lithium-ion battery safety in mining