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Accidents, Incidents and Incident Investigations

The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (1.4MB) and Regulation 2011 (2.69MB) and Electrical Safety Act 2002 (888KB) and Regulation 2002 (1.5MB) require all Queensland workplaces to record, and in some instances notify the regulator of health and safety incidents. Our department must comply with these legal requirements. Incident investigation should be undertaken to determine the underlying causes and prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.

Departmental procedures and guidelines

• Health and safety incident recording, notification and management
• Health and safety incident reporting, notification and management guideline (560KB)
• Health and safety incident investigation
• Investigation guidelines (615KB) - to assist you in the investigation process.

Resources

• Investigation report template To assist you in writing your investigation report (118KB).
• Health and safety investigation online course (DET employees only)
• Health and safety incident - data collection form for MyHR WHS (DET employees only) (259KB).

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