SafeWork policy document register
SafeWork have a large number of policies under which it operates. These policies relate to internal and external operational procedures and protocols and are listed in the Policy Document Register.
In accordance with the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act), SafeWork NSW has made a number of policies, procedures and guidance documents publicly available, free of charge.
These documents are used by SafeWork NSW in connection with the exercise of functions that may affect, or may be of interest to, the public.
To access a copy of any of these documents please call the Privacy and Right to Information Team on (02) 9219 3999 or email [email protected].
If you are unable to locate the information you are looking for you may wish to make an application under the provisions of the GIPA Act. Please see the Right to Information section of our website for further information about your access options.
- Alleged offences relating to sections 188 and 190 WHS Act - Guidance Material
- Assist with resolving determination of workgroups – Procedure
- Assist with resolving disputes over constitution of health and safety committees – Procedure
- Assist with resolving health and safety representative training – Procedure
- Attending sites where exposure to asbestos may be possible – Procedure
- Bushfire Smoke - Inspector Technical Guide
- Cessation of unsafe work – Procedure
- Clarification of training requirements for Class B Asbestos clearance inspection by 'competent person'
- Compliance and Prevention Policy
- Conducting a presentation or workshop to external stakeholders – Procedure
- Conducting advisory visits – Procedure
- Confined Spaces - Inspector Technical Guide
- Conflicts of interest – Procedure
- Considerations and evidence supporting reasonable belief (suitable employment and return to work RTW) - Guidance Material
- Construction Services Group - Saturday overtime roster Policy
- Consultation at work – Policy
- Consultation – Procedure
- Controlling hazardous noise in the amusement device industry - Fact Sheet
- Coronial inquests and recommendations – Procedure
- COVID-19 Notice guidance material
- Creation of Inspector Practice Notes – Policy
- Dealing with matters relating to issue resolution - Guidance Material
- Dealing with workplaces under the jurisdiction of another WHS regulator - Guidance Material
- Determining legal entity and correct duty holder - Guidance Material
- Directions and recommendations - Guidance Material
- Evidence Based Discretionary Decisions - Policy
- Emergency Planning - Inspector Technical Guide
- Entry permit holder - Guidance Material
- Entry to workplace and related powers – Procedure
- Forming a reasonable belief and a reasonable suspicion- Guidance Material
- Guidance on Provisional Improvement Notices
- Guide to completing bullying notices
- Guide to completing violence notices
- Guiding principles for conducting workplace interactions – Procedure
- Hazardous chemicals workplace visits - Guidance material
- Health and Safety Committees - legislative requirements and Inspector determination of the constitution - Guidance Material
- Health monitoring - determining significant risk of exposure - Fact sheet
- Health monitoring - Fact sheet
- HSR consultation in relation to directing a cessation of work - Guidance Material
- HSR consultation with PCBU prior to issuing a provisional improvement notice (PIN) - Guidance Material
- Immediate suspension of asbestos removal or asbestos assessor licence – Procedure
- Incident response - Inspector’s report - Procedure
- Information - Collection, Usage and Storage Policy
- Injunctions – Procedure
- Injury management and return to work legislation summary - Guidance Material
- Inspection report – Procedure
- Inspector Notebooks – Procedure
- Inspector Technical Guide Hazardous Manual Tasks
- Inspector’s statement – Procedure
- Interpreters and translators – Procedure
- Issue escalation and resolution protocol – Procedure
- Issue resolution – Procedure
- Prohibition Notice Procedure
- Issuing a s155 Notice – Procedure
- Issuing a s161 Notice – Procedure
- Issuing a s163A Request for Certificate of Currency – Procedure
- Issuing a s163B Stop Work Order – Procedure
- Issuing a s174(5)(a) Order – Procedure
- Issuing a s174(5)(b) Order – Procedure
- Issuing a s174(5)(c) Order – Procedure
- Issuing a s183 Notice – Procedure
- Issuing a s238AA Notice – Procedure
- Issuing an Employer Improvement Notice under WIMWCA Act 1998 – Procedure
- Issuing an explosive direction – Procedure
- Issuing an Improvement Notice - Procedure - Change to Improvement notice procedure
- Issuing notices for guarding - Inspector's guide
- Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) – Procedure
- Letters of Warning – Procedure
- Licences – inspection of licences and treatment of activities using fraudulent licences – Procedure
- Making minor changes to Notices - Guidance Material
- Manager Allocation and Actions for First Response Incidents Procedure
- Manager review of Requests for service – Procedure
- Managing risks of hazardous chemical exposure when undertaking workplace visits – Procedure
- Matters to be taken into account in negotiations - Guidance Material
- Memorandum of understanding – Procedure
- Model workplace audit tool - User Guide
- Nanotechnology - Inspector Technical Guide
- Obtaining a Death Certificate or other Coroner documents – Procedure
- Obtaining Health Information (medical records and reports) – Procedure
- Obtaining Telecommunication information – Procedure
- Occupational Diving - Inspector Technical Guide
- Penalty notice – Procedure
- Personal protective equipment – Policy
- Photographs - capturing and storing – Procedure
- Police information – obtaining information from NSW Police – Procedure
- Preparing a Report for a Coroner – Procedure
- Principles for advice on incident site non-disturbance for an event that is the subject of triaging - Guidance Material
- Procedures for Inspector response to return to work RFS – Procedure
- Protocol for pollution incidents received outside of business hours - Guidance Material
- Provisional Improvement Notice - request for reviews of a provisional improvement notice – Procedure
- Quad Bike SSV First response – Checklist
- Reasonable concern of worker or HSR - Guidance Material
- Recognition of other WHS jurisdiction's HSR training - Policy Position
- Referral of matters between SafeWork NSW and SIRA – Procedure
- Refusal of access to person assisting health and safety representative – Procedure
- Request for service (RFS) – field and non-field response – Procedure
- Request for service (RFS) response - Inspector's Report – Procedure
- Requests for Inspectors and other staff as guest speakers for external seminars and conferences – Policy
- Requests for Inspectors and other staff to attend court for matters – Policy
- Respiratory protective equipment - Inspectors Guide
- Return to work (RTW) verifications – Procedure
- Return to work principles and scope of inspector visit - Guidance Material
- SafeWork NSW Inspector duty phone – Procedure
- SafeWork NSW Inspector duty phone – Policy
- WSMS Upload of RTW verifications procedure
- Serious risk and immediate or imminent exposure - Guidance Material
- Single contravention per notice - Guidance Material
- Specific proofs workers compensation and injury management - Guidance Material
- SWNSW Inspectorate and Manager CPD Program – Policy
- Validity of notices with formal irregularities and defects - Guidance Material
- Warnings – Procedure
- What is an agreed procedure - Guidance Material
- What is reasonable excuse - Guidance Material
- Principals for conducting workplace interactions – guidance
- When to notify blood body substance and needlestick exposure incidents - Policy Position
- Witnessing of documents that relate to SWNSW - Policy Position
- Worker or contractor paying the correct premium - Fact sheet
- Workers Compensation policy check – Procedure
- Working in Extreme Heat - Inspector Guide
- Issuing a s198 Notice - Procedure