A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must notify us of fatalities and certain serious injuries/illnesses, dangerous incidents that occur at work as a result of the conduct of the business or undertaking.

Incidents may relate to anyone at a workplace such as a worker, contractor or member of the public.

It is an offence to fail to report a notifiable incident immediately after becoming aware that a notifiable incident arising out of the conduct of the business or undertaking has occurred.

The total notifications include 1591 reported incidents not deemed to be notifiable under the Act.

Notifiable incidents2024-252023-24
Serious injuries and fatalities 356 464
Dangerous incident 225 546
Prescribed by regulation 263 214
Total8441224
Complaints2024-252023-24
Workplace safety, which includes:
- ASBESTOS
- Crystalline silica substances
932
64
35
1263
86
Handled by triage at time of call 1006 318
Exposure to a psychosocial hazard 278 204
Activities causing risk to public 209 71
Handling and storage of DS/explosives 6 8
Fireworks 2 5
Total25321957
Industrial relations2024-252023-24
Long Service Leave 126 135
Fair Work Act 5 3
Shop Trading Act 1 1
Total132139
Worker representation2024-252023-24
EPH notification 137 128
HSR assistance/dispute 8 8
EPH disputes 4 4
Issue resolution 23 -
Cessation of work 2 -
Total174140