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• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Cooperation and Coordination Code of Practice July 2022 (PDF, 1.1 MB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with duty holders to manage risks.

• Work Health and Safety Consultation, Cooperation and Coordination code of practice July 2023.docx (DOCX, 151.5 KB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with duty holders to manage risks.

• Forest Safety Code Tasmania 2021 (PDF, 7.6 MB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage risks in the Tasmanian forest industry. This code has been preserved as an approved code of practice under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• Farming Safely in Tasmania (PDF, 3.7 MB)

  Aimed at farmers, farm owners and farm managers. Explains how to develop a safety management system for forms and rural workplaces. Covers hazards and tasks specific to farming workplaces, and practical guidance for managing them. A Safe Farming Tasmania resource.

• Managing the Risks of Respirable Crystalline Silica from Engineered Stone in the Workplace (PDF, 1.0 MB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone

• Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace code of practice July 2022.docx (DOCX, 2.2 MB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage risks associated with plant, including managing, installing and commissioning plant.

• Managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace.docx (DOCX, 1.2 MB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone

• Tower Cranes Code of Practice June 2023.docx (DOCX, 1.7 MB)

• Tower Cranes Code of Practice June 2023 (PDF, 680.8 KB)

• Welcome to the workplace (PDF, 621.1 KB)

  Aimed at new and young workers, trainees, apprentices and students doing work experience. Introduces work health and safety, rights and responsibilities, inductions, training, workplace injuries, managing workplace hazards.

• Your guide to managing safety in housing and construction (PDF, 1.3 MB)

  Aimed at small residential builders. Explains how to manage your legal work health and safety requirements in residential construction; develop a work health and safety management plan for your business; and develop safe work method statements (SWMS) for high risk construction work.

• Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice January 2023 (PDF, 1.0 MB)

• Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice January 2023.docx (DOCX, 619.7 KB)

• WorkCover Tasmania Board Annual Report 2021 22 (PDF, 5.8 MB)

• Workplace Issues magazine Winter 2022 (PDF, 2.5 MB)

• WorkCover Tasmania Board Annual Report 2022 23 (PDF, 8.8 MB)

• Workplace Issues magazine Summer 2023 (PDF, 1.8 MB)

• Workplace Issues magazine Spring 2022 (PDF, 3.0 MB)

• Workplace Issues magazine Summer 2022 (PDF, 1.7 MB)

• Quad Bike and SSV Vehicle Safety (PDF, 9.3 MB)

  Explains the safety risks of quad bikes. How to safely use, transport, store, and maintain your quad bike.

• Construction template WHS Management Plan 2022.docx (DOCX, 236.0 KB)

  Aimed at the construction industry. Use this template to help you create your own work health and safety management plan.

• WorkCover Tasmania Board Annual Report 2020 21 (PDF, 9.5 MB)

• Workplace issues magazine Winter 2023 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

• WorkCover Tasmania Scheme Review to 30 June 2023 excl appendices (PDF, 3.3 MB)

  WorkCover Tasmania Scheme Review to 30 June 2023 minus appendices, which may not be accessible

• WorkCover Board and WorkSafe Tasmania Strategic Plan 2024 2028 (PDF, 1.8 MB)

• Workplace Issues magazine Autumn 2024 (PDF, 1.4 MB)

• Catch up on past events

  Watch recordings of past Better Work Tasmania events, along with content on current work health, safety and wellbeing issues

  Topics > Services and events > Better Work Tasmania

• Managing silica at quarry and mining sites guidance note (PDF, 2.3 MB)

  This guidance note includes advice about silica containing materials and products, and how to control the risks when silica dust is generated from working with them.

• Managing silica at construction sites guidance note (PDF, 1.8 MB)

  This guidance note includes advice about silica containing materials and products, and how to control the risks when silica dust is generated from working with them.

• Workplace issues magazine Spring 2023 (PDF, 1.5 MB)

• How PCBUs must support HSRs

  Explains what a PCBU must do to support a health and safety representative (HSR).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Mentally healthy workplaces

  Explains how to create mental healthy workplaces. The cost of poor mental health and causes of mental health injuries.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Mental health

• Consulting about safety

  Explains what consultation is, the benefits of consulting, who to consult with and how.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• HSR Training: Approved training provider guidelines (PDF, 1.0 MB)

  Will help training providers apply for approval to conduct initial and refresher HSR training and develop a HSR training course for approval by WorkSafe.

• Sample Policy Work health and safety.docx (DOCX, 23.2 KB)

  Use this sample policy to help you safely manage health and safety in your workplace.

• Roles, functions and powers of HSRs

  Explains the role, power and functions of health and safety representatives (HSRs).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Provisional improvement notices (PIN)

  Explains provisional improvement notices (PINs) that health and safety representatives (HSRs) can issue.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Common work health and safety terms

  Explains commonly used work health and safety words and terms.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Starting a business with safety in mind

• Health and safety committees

  Explains the purpose and benefits of having a health and safety committee, how to establish one, and how it should run.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Construction sample Work health and safety policies.doc (DOC, 50.0 KB)

  Aimed at the construction industry. Use this sample to create your own work health and safety policy.

• Safety policies and procedures

  Explains why workplaces should have safety policies and safe work procedures, and how to create them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• Create your COVID 19 Safety Plan

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts > Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Suggested premium rates 2023 24 full report (PDF, 8.0 MB)

  This actuary's report provides explanation on the development of suggested workers compensation insurance premium rates for 2022-23

• 2020 Industry Overview Statewide (PDF, 3.9 MB)

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe across the whole state.

• 2019 20 Healthier, Safer and Productive Workplaces Grant winners

  Explains the Healthier, Safer and Productive Workplaces Grant Program 2019–20. Applications for the grant program have now closed.

  About us > About the WorkCover Tasmania Board > WorkCover Board initiatives > Winners announced: 2022 Healthier, Safer and Productive Workplaces Grant Program

• Lead work

  Explains the health and safety risks of working with lead and how to manage them. Includes lead in house paints.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > L

• Tasmanian Industry Overview Statewide poster 2021 (PDF, 4.1 MB)

• Contractor management

  Explains the difference between contractors and PCBUs, and how PCBUs can manage their contractors.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Managing people in your workplace

• Chemicals safety

  The health and safety risks of hazardous chemicals/substances and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > C

• Build a positive safety culture

  Introduces the benefits of a positive safety culture, and how to create it in your workplace.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• 2022 Court summaries

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions > Summaries of prosecutions

• Health Care and Social Assistance industry snapshot 2019

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe within the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > 2019 Industry snapshots web pages

• Managing workplace injuries in Tasmania: A handbook for primary treating medical practitioners (PDF, 684.0 KB)

  Aimed at doctors managing a patient with a workplace injury or illness. Explains the injury management process, and the rights and responsibilities and doctors and others involved in the injury management process.

• HWCA Principles of Practice for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers 2019 (PDF, 286.3 KB)

• Safety in Construction kit

  Aimed at small residential builders. Explains how to manage your legal work health and safety requirements in residential construction; develop a work health and safety management plan for your business; and develop safe work method statements (SWMS) for high risk construction work.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > Construction

• WHS undertakings

  Lists enforceable undertakings accepted by WorkSafe Tasmania.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions

• Tasmanian Industry Overview Statewide (PDF, 3.1 MB)

• Focussing on mental health, safety and wellbeing

  About us > From our Executive Director

• New and young workers

  Aimed at PCBUs/managers of these new workers, and parents/guardians. Explains work health and safety for new workers, apprentices, trainees and students doing work experience placement.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Managing people in your workplace

• Risk assessment: the basis of a safe and healthy workplace

  Topics > Health and safety > Monthly safety spotlight

• 2021 WorkSafe Awards winners

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Inspectors and Inspections

  Explains what WorkSafe Tasmania inspectors do and the powers they have.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Inspectors

• Asbestos safety in bushfire affected areas

  Warns of the potential presence of asbestos in bushfire affected areas; and what to do if you suspect it to be present or find it.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Public Administration and Safety industry snapshot 2019

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe within the Public Administration and Safety industry.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > 2019 Industry snapshots web pages

• Celebrate your safety wins

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Application for asbestos removal licence Class A or B (PDF, 963.3 KB)

  Use this form to apply to Worksafe Tasmania to be a licensed asbestos removalist

• Men's health

  Gives examples of how to promote men’s health as part of a workplace wellbeing program.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z

• Managing chemical safety in your small business

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > C > Chemicals safety

• Sample wellbeing program.doc (DOC, 66.5 KB)

  Use this sample to develop a wellbeing program for the current year.

• Labour hire workers

  Covers how PCBUs should work with labour hire agencies and manage labour hire workers; and what labour hire agencies should do for health and safety

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Managing people in your workplace

• Winners announced: 2022 Healthier, Safer and Productive Workplaces Grant Program

  About us > About the WorkCover Tasmania Board > WorkCover Board initiatives

• Resolving issues

  Explains how health and safety representatives (HSRs) can resolve issues. Includes procedures and who else can be involved in the process.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Women's health

  Gives examples of how to promote women’s health as part of a workplace wellbeing program.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z

• 2020 Court summaries

  Lists court summaries of prosecutions undertaken by WorkSafe Tasmania.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions > Summaries of prosecutions

• WorkSafe Awards

  Information about WorkSafe Awards

  Topics > Services and events

• Sample policy Workplace bullying.docx (DOCX, 24.6 KB)

  Use this sample policy to help you safely manage bullying in your workplace.

• WorkSafe's role in complaints about workplace psychosocial hazards

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > P > Psychosocial Hazards

• WorkSafe Month Guidelines 2024 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

• Safe Bodies Safe Minds Conference Guidelines 2024 (PDF, 2.8 MB)

• Prohibition notices

  Explains scope of prohibition notices, duration, compliance, review and more.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Enforcing the WHS laws

• Exemptions under the Work Health and Safety Regulations

  Lists exemptions under the Work Health and Safety Regulations and who may apply.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Acts and Regulations

• Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN) (PDF, 638.8 KB)

  For HSRS. use this sample to issue a Provisional Improvement Notice (PIN).

• PTSD Mental Health Matters Conference

  Watch 2019 PTSD conference webinars.

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Month

• What are codes of practice

  Explains what codes of practice are, what they cover and who they apply to. Includes preserved Tasmanian code of practice, and the codes' relationship to the laws.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Codes of practice

• Your first steps to a safe business

  Aimed at small business and new business. Explains the safety and workers compensation matters you must consider from the beginning of your business, with pointers to further sources of detailed information and services.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Starting a business with safety in mind

• Appointment of Site Senior Officer (PDF, 347.2 KB)

  Use this form to notify WorkSafe Tasmania of the appointment of a site senior officer (in a mining industry workplace).

• Establishing work groups for HSRs

  Explains how to establish work groups for health and safety representatives (HSRs).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Category 5: Excellence achieved by a health and safety representative

  Information about WorkSafe Awards category 5

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Coronavirus (COVID 19)

  Information about COVID-19 coronavirus.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Bushfires

  The health and safety risks that may be present when returning to bushfire-affected areas and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > B

• 2021 Court summaries

  Lists court summaries of prosecutions undertaken by WorkSafe Tasmania.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions > Summaries of prosecutions

• Appointment of Site Senior Officer Small for scale mine quarry operators only (PDF, 297.8 KB)

• What is Better Work Tasmania?

  Better Work Tasmania is a work health, safety and wellbeing network community where you can share WHS ideas, get tips and tools to improve your workplace, gain insights from industry experts, stay up-to-date on current issues, and connect with others.

  Topics > Services and events > Better Work Tasmania

• 2023 WorkSafe Awards winners

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Accreditation Requirements for WRPs in Tasmania (PDF, 638.7 KB)

• What WorkSafe can and can't do

  Explains what WorkSafe can and can’t do in workplace bullying matters.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Bullying

• Health Care and Social Assistance

  Health Care and Social Assistance industry hazards, injuries, resources and solutions

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry

• Safe Farming Tasmania

  About the Safe Farming Tasmania program and how it can help farmers and rural employers with work health and safety.

  Topics > Services and events

• Prosecution guidelines

  Explains how work health and safety prosecutions are conducted by WorkSafe Tasmania. Includes sentencing options, prosecutions decisions, requests for prosecutions, and more.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions

• How to manage work health and safety risks: Code of practice

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage work health and safety risks for all duty holders, including PCBUs, employers, self-employed people, principal contractors, persons with management or control of a workplace, designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant/substances/structures used for work.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Codes of practice > codes of practice folder

• Summaries of prosecutions

  Lists court summaries of prosecutions undertaken by WorkSafe Tasmania.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions

• Volunteers

  Explains work health and safety for volunteers and the organisations that engage them (including emergency service volunteer organisations).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Managing people in your workplace

• Your internal incident reporting system

  Explains how to set up a reporting system for capturing incidents and near-misses.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• Sample wellbeing terms of reference for a working group.doc (DOC, 50.0 KB)

  Use this sample to develop terms of reference for your wellbeing working group.

• Disrupt your safety mindset

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Injury management: Making it work (PDF, 165.3 KB)

  Explains injury management; and the importance of valuing workers' health, starting return to work as soon as possible, taking a collaborative approach, providing support and meaningful work and more.

• Think of the consequences

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Sample wellbeing needs survey extended.doc (DOC, 76.0 KB)

  Use this sample to perform a comprehensive survey of your workers for your workplace health and wellbeing program.

• Stress

  Explains what stress is, the effects it can have on a person and a workplace, and strategies for managing it.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Mental health

• New WHS Regulations 2022

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Acts and Regulations

• How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice Dec 2018 (PDF, 486.7 KB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage work health and safety risks for all duty holders, including PCBUs, employers, self-employed people, principal contractors, persons with management or control of a workplace, designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant/substances/structures used for work.

• Sample wellbeing needs survey simple.doc (DOC, 67.5 KB)

  Use this sample to perform a simple survey of your workers for your workplace health and wellbeing program

• Category 4: Excellence in contributions to work health and safety

  Information about WorkSafe Awards category 4

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Healthy eating

  Explains how to promote healthy eating as part of a workplace wellbeing program.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z

• Code of Practice How to manage work health and safety risks.docx (DOCX, 337.0 KB)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage work health and safety risks for all duty holders, including PCBUs, employers, self-employed people, principal contractors, persons with management or control of a workplace, designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant/substances/structures used for work.

• Safe Farming Flyer (PDF, 865.2 KB)

• HSR Training

  Explain the training that health and safety representatives (HSRs) are entitled to so they have the skills/knowledge needed to perform their role effectively

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Rights and responsibilities

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > P > Psychosocial Hazards

• Self Insurer Audit Tool 1 January 2021.docx (DOCX, 316.6 KB)

  Aimed at self insurers. Describes the process for WorkCover Tasmania Board audits and insurer self-audits. Provides an audit tool that may help self insurers when conducting their self-audits.

• Request for the Regulator to commence a prosecution

  Explains the process and circumstances for asking the WHS Regulator to commence a prosecution.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Prosecutions

• Public Administration and Safety

  Public Administration and Safety industry hazards, injuries, resources and solutions

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry

• Electing HSRs

  Explains how to hold an election for health and safety representatives (HSRs).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Horse and stable safety

  The health and safety risks of working with horses and in stables and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > A > Animal handling in agriculture

• Alcohol and drugs

  The health and safety risks of drugs and alcohol (including prescription medicine) and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > A

• Safety management toolkit (PDF, 2.5 MB)

  Aimed at small business. A complete guide to managing safety: the safety laws you must comply with, creating safety policies, induction and training workers, consultation, risk management. Includes samples/templates.

• Preventing exposure to silica from engineered stone benchtops

  Warns of the health and safety risks of exposure to silica dust; and the control measures to be considered.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Inducting new workers

  Explains why and how to hold an induction for new workers.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• 4 steps to manage hazards and risk

  Runs through four steps to identify and manage safety hazards (also known as risk assessment).

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• COVID Safety Plan Template October 2022 (PDF, 278.1 KB)

• Gig economy

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > G

• Functions of the Regulator

  Explains the functions of the Work Health and Safety Regulator.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Regulator

• Sample Policy Drug and alcohol.docx (DOCX, 22.9 KB)

  Use this sample policy to help you safely manage drugs and alcohol in your workplace.

• Why invest in workplace wellbeing

  Explains how having a workplace wellbeing program and improving the health of workers is good for a business’s productivity and bottom line.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing programs

• WHS & Wellbeing Leaders, Champions and Peer Support

  Find out how some of Tasmania’s leading businesses have implemented their ideas and concepts to improve WHS & wellbeing in their workplaces

  Topics > Services and events > Better Work Tasmania

• Category 3: Excellence in work health and safety culture

  Information about WorkSafe Awards category 3

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Forest safety: Code of practice (Tasmania)

  Provides practical guidance on how to manage risks in the Tasmanian forest industry. This code has been preserved as an approved code of practice under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Codes of practice > codes of practice folder

• Safety post COVID

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Construction

  Construction industry hazards, injuries, resources and solutions

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry

• Record keeping

  Why you should keep records, what to keep records on, and how to keep records.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• Acts and Regulations

  The laws that WorkSafe Tasmania administers.

  Topics > Laws and compliance

• Asbestos safety

  The health and safety risks of asbestos and how to manage them. Aimed at DIY home renovators and tradespeople/workplaces.

• COVID 19 health and mental wellbeing resources

  Information about COVID-19 coronavirus: health and mental wellbeing resources

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts > Coronavirus (COVID-19)

• Prevent and manage bullying in your workplace

  Explains how bullying is a safety matter that employers and managers must prevent and manage. Includes how to take a risk management approach to bullying.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Bullying

• Workshop safety

  The health and safety risks of workshops and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > W

• Enforcing the laws

  Lists enforcement options including notices, fines, prosecutions and WHS undertakings.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Enforcing the WHS laws

• Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination: Code of practice

  Provides practical guidance on how to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with duty holders to manage risks.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Codes of practice > codes of practice folder

• Consultation's role in safer workplaces

  Topics > Health and safety > Monthly safety spotlight

• WorkSafe investigation into Hillcrest

  WorkSafe investigation into Hillcrest tragedy continues

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions

• Improvement notices

  Explains scope of improvement notices, duration, compliance, review and more

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Enforcement and prosecutions > Enforcing the WHS laws

• Sample form Contractor safety management.doc (DOC, 37.5 KB)

  Use this sample to help you manage contractors in your workplace.

• Guide to workers rehabilitation and compensation: For claims on or after 1 July 2010 (PDF, 598.0 KB)

  Provides detailed information on the workers compensation processes that apply to for workers injured on or after 1 July 2010.

• Herbicide

  About historical herbicide exposure

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > H

• Cleaners

  The health and safety risks in the cleaning industry and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > C

• Training and supervising your workforce

  Explains why and how to provide safety training, information, and supervision to workers.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• Hot and cold environments

  Explains the health and safety risks of working in hot and cold environments and how to manage them. Includes safety vs comfort and ideal temperature ranges.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > H

• Injury management: Making it work

  Introduces the concept of injury management: what it is and what makes it work.

  Topics > Compensation > Workers compensation > Workers

• Advisory Service

  About WorkSafe’s Advisory Service and how it can help small-medium business with work safety and wellbeing.

• Asbestos in mineral kits

  Warns of the potential presence of asbestos in mineral kits; and what to do if you have these.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Category 1: Excellence in work health and safety systems

  Information about WorkSafe Awards Category

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Seven steps to creating a wellbeing program

  Lists seven steps to follow to create your own workplace wellbeing program.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing programs

• HSR for multiple businesses at a workplace

  Explains health and safety representatives (HSRs) for multiple business or undertakings.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Eye injuries

  The health and safety risks associated with eye hazards and how to manage them to reduce the risk of eye injuries.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > E

• Managing the relationship with an injured or ill worker during return to work (PDF, 661.1 KB)

• Electrical power tool safety on board marine vessels

  Warns the fishing and maritime industry of the dangers of using 240-volt electric power tools and equipment on vessels where exposure to sea water is a risk factor.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals: Code of Practice

  Provides practical guidance on how to prepare safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Codes of practice > codes of practice folder

• Q fever

  Warns of the health and safety risks of exposure to Q fever; and the control measures to be considered.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Health Care and Social Assistance snapshot 2020

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe within the Health Care and Social Assistance industry

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > 2020 Industry snapshots web pages

• Older workers

  De-bunks myths around older workers and safety, and how these negatively impact on workers and business. Explains how to foster positive attitudes and create a safer workplace for all your workers.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Managing people in your workplace

• Application for an asbestos assessor licence (PDF, 1.5 MB)

  Use this form to apply to Worksafe Tasmania to be a licensed asbestos assessor

• Review of the WHS Regulator

  About the 2018 review of the Work Health and Safety Regulator. Includes review reports and recommendations.

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Regulator

• WorkSafe’s partnership with the WorkCover Board

  About us > From our Executive Director

• WHS undertakings: Information at a glance (PDF, 364.8 KB)

  Provides a brief summary of work health and safety undertakings (also known as enforceable undertakings) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• WHS undertakings: Information for auditors (PDF, 337.1 KB)

  Aimed at auditors. Explains work health and safety undertakings (also known as enforceable undertakings) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• Notify WorkSafe of your HSRs

  Use this form to notify WorkSafe Tasmania of the Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) and Deputy HSRs in your workplace.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety forms and guides

• Emergency planning

  Explain how to plan and prepare for an emergency in or near your workplace.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Getting your safety systems right

• Poor organisational change management

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > P

• WHS undertakings: An overview (PDF, 430.1 KB)

  Provides an overview of work health and safety undertakings (also known as enforceable undertakings) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• Asbestos in some bunsen burner mats

  Warning of the potential presence of asbestos in bunsen burner mats used in laboratories; and what to do if you have these.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety alerts

• Talking safety with your new and young workers

  Advisory Service > Read our Advisors' magazine columns

• WHS undertakings: Information for an injured person, next of kin or guardian (PDF, 359.2 KB)

  Aimed at an injured person, next of kin or guardian. Explains work health and safety undertakings (also known as enforceable undertakings) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• New Mines Safety Regulations 2022

  Topics > Laws and compliance > Acts and Regulations

• WHS undertakings: Guidelines for proposing a WHS undertaking (PDF, 710.6 KB)

  Provides a template and guidance for creating a work health and safety undertakings (also known as enforceable undertakings) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012.

• Security fencing: Making construction sites secure against unauthorised access

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > Construction

• If you're being bullied at work

  Sets out what you can do if you believe you are being bullied at work.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Bullying

• Common mistakes that lead to fines

  Lists common safety and compliance mistakes, and explains how to avoid them and the associated penalties.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Starting a business with safety in mind

• Consult with your workers

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Category 2: Excellence in implementing a work health and safety solution

  Information about WorkSafe Awards Category 2

  Topics > Services and events > WorkSafe Awards

• Fatigue

  The health and safety risks of fatigue and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > F

• Offices

  The health and safety risks of fatigue and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > O

• Turning wellbeing ideas into actions

  Provides ideas for wellbeing activities to hold in your workplace wellbeing program.

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing programs

• Carers

  The health and safety risks in home care and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > C

• Fumes, vapours and dusts

  The health and safety risks of airborne contaminants and how to manage them

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > F

• Mental health at work initiatives

  About us > From our Executive Director

• Truck safety: falls and loads

  The health and safety risks of trucks, including falls and loads, and how to manage them.

  Topics > Health and safety > Hazards and solutions A-Z > Hazards and solutions A-Z pages > T

• Health Care and Social Assistance industry snapshot

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe within the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > Industry snapshots

• Ceasing unsafe work

  Explains when and why a worker can cease unsafe work.

  Topics > Health and safety > Managing safety > Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)

• Safe work method statements (SWMS)

  Explains what safe work method statements (SWMS) are, when they are required, and how to create one.

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > Construction

• Treating PTSD

  Topics > Health and safety > Health and wellbeing > Wellbeing A-Z > Mental health > Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Public Administration and Safety 2020

  Provides performance data, trends and areas of focus for WorkSafe within the Public Administration and Safety industry

  Topics > Health and safety > Safety by industry > 2020 Industry snapshots web pages

• COVID Guidance note How to conduct a COVID 19 risk assessment (PDF, 192.1 KB)