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Notices issued by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectors

2007–08 to 20011–12

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Document type – Series PN11395

Version 2. Last updated January 2013

Notices issues by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectors 2007–08 to 20011–12

Table of Contents

Summary 3

Overview of notices Issued between 2007–08 to 2011–12 3

Details of notices Issued in 2011–12 3

Appendix A 4

Overview of notices issued 2007–08 to 2011–12 4

Overview of notices issued 2011–12 9

Appendix B 15

Details of notices issued 2007–08 to 2011–12 15

Appendix C 20

Details of notices issued in 2011–12 20

Notes and extraction methodology 33


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Summary Over the last few years, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) has been bolstering some of its traditional inspectorate one-on-one interventions with an increased number of advisory interventions aimed at having a wider effect within workplaces and industry. This approach involves inspectors delivering interventions that leverage their efforts and create a ‘multiplier’ effect. For example, interventions that build the capacity of businesses’ workplace health and safety officers, health and safety representatives and committees so they can be more effective in delivering wide ranging and sustained improvements to health and safety management and practices within the workplace. As expected, this change in approach has seen a decline in all types of notices issued (with the exception of seizure notices) by inspectors. The new inspectorate service delivery model has placed more emphasis than previously on advisory work and building business capability through the provision of information and advice, and demonstrating what compliance looks like, to effectively manage workplace risk. Overview of notices Issued between 2007–08 to 2011–12 Between 2007–08 and 2011–12 the number of notices issued by WHSQ decreased

significantly, down by 50.4 per cent. The decrease in notices has occurred across all WHSQ regions. Brisbane North and

Sunshine Coast had a 25 per cent reduction in the number of notices issued, followed by South West with a 35 per cent reduction. The remaining regions more than halved the number of notices they issued between 2007–08 and 2011–12 (see Appendix A, Table 1).

The construction industry had the highest number of notices issued accounting for over a third of all notices. The next highest industry sector was manufacturing where around 20 per cent of all notices were issued (see Appendix A, Table 2).

The most used category attached to notices was plant with 15 512 notices (25 per cent) over the five years. The next common category was hazardous substances 5875 (10 per cent) (see Appendix A, Table 3).

Detailed tables of notices issues between 2007–08 and 2011–12 can be seen in Appendix B. Details of notices Issued in 2011–12 Of the almost 9400 notices issued in 2011–12 by WHSQ inspectors, Brisbane South and

Gold Coast issued the most notices with 2698 (29 per cent), followed closely by Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast 2299 (26 per cent) (see Appendix A, Table 1).

As with previous years, in 2011–12 the construction industry had the highest numbers of notices being issued, with 36 per cent of all notices. The next highest industry sector was manufacturing where 21 per cent of all notices were issued (see Appendix A, Table 5).

Within the construction industry, residential building construction had the largest number of notices (1254), accounting for 37 per cent of construction notices or over 13 per cent of all WHSQ notices. Other industry groups with a large number of notices in 2011–12 include non-residential building construction, fabricated metal product manufacturing and automotive repair and maintenance, (see Appendix A, Table 5).

The most used category attached to notices was plant 21 per cent (2271). Electrical was a distant second with 8 per cent (793). When looking at regional breakdowns, plant was always the most common category, however electrical, work environment and asbestos was the second most common depending on region (see Appendix A, Table 6).

In 2011–12 the proportion of asbestos notices is much higher in regions outside of the south east corner of Queensland.

Within the plant category the main issues being issued against were maintenance (384), guarding (274), common plant (157) and other (1214).

Detailed tables on what the notices were issued for can be seen in Appendix C.


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Appendix A

Overview of notices issued 2007–08 to 2011–12 Table 1: WHSQ notices by region – all regions Region 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 Total

Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast 3062 1890 1612 2902 2299 11 765

Brisbane South and Gold Coast 6033 5316 3167 3646 2698 20 860

Central Queensland and Wide Bay 3341 1187 925 917 797 7167

North Queensland 3983 2211 1655 1618 1971 11 438

South West Queensland 2513 1535 2252 2288 1627 10 215Total 18 932 12 139 9611 11 371 9392 61 445 Table 2: Notices by industry Industry 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalConstruction 5922 4874 3686 3983 3393 21 858Manufacturing 4761 1754 1722 2004 1979 12 220Other 2816 2251 1440 2021 1415 9943Retail trade 1236 445 506 631 521 3339Accommodation and food services 799 770 362 374 371 2676Wholesale trade 948 392 306 396 321 2363Transport, postal and warehousing 695 390 331 392 318 2126Agriculture, forestry and fishing 376 233 280 360 291 1540Arts and recreation services 170 184 352 191 145 1042Rental hiring and real estate services 264 183 89 194 152 882Education and training 180 109 100 234 71 694Health care and social assistance 236 79 119 117 95 646Administrative and support services 143 165 78 148 83 617Professional, scientific and technical services 147 107 110 122 78 564Public administration and safety 99 143 63 114 61 480Electricity, gas, water and waste services 113 54 50 67 88 372Information, media and telecommunications 18 3 14 16 6 57Financial and insurance services 9 3 3 7 4 26Total 18 932 12 139 9611 11 371 9392 61 445

Note: Data in this table is based on ANZSIC 2006 classifications. Due to changes in industry categories particularly in 2011–12 comparisons between years should be done with caution.

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Table3: WHSQ notices by category- all regions Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalPlant 5856 2823 2467 2095 2271 15 512Hazardous substances 2040 1288 906 1157 484 5875Obligation 1320 1136 749 892 364 4461Falls from heights 1128 968 701 994 516 4307Workplace installations 1716 948 642 342 211 3859Electrical 454 225 257 494 793 2223Slips, trips and falls 783 364 288 201 164 1800Asbestos 249 312 271 446 519 1797Construction housekeeping 470 409 223 376 207 1685Dangerous good regulation 238 400 366 382 132 1518Other 307 182 125 267 509 1390Manual handling 483 298 172 158 0 1111Work method statement 199 200 108 218 104 829Owner of plant 432 144 121 76 32 805Falling objects 168 148 138 218 115 787Principal contractor 256 120 101 201 101 779Work environment 0 0 0 0 638 638Excavation 189 138 70 111 50 558High risk construction activity 98 106 111 150 71 536Construction safety plan 140 110 90 116 61 517General duty 0 0 0 0 514 514Rural 130 78 149 96 49 502Substances 120 148 125 61 27 481Occupational licensing 0 87 128 161 74 450Dangerous goods act 37 70 222 76 40 445Construction workplace amenities 122 96 76 88 52 434Workplace health and safety officer 92 94 81 136 3 406Biological hazards 110 158 98 33 5 404Hazardous chemicals 0 0 0 0 377 377Person in control of relevant workplace area 113 112 73 40 18 356Working around elect parts 89 59 40 72 90 350Construction work plans and work method statement 112 86 59 58 16 331Work at heights 0 0 0 0 314 314Person in control 117 53 59 41 22 292Workplace amenities 126 61 40 41 19 287Spray painting 135 41 35 36 21 268


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Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalErector and installer of plant 47 82 49 74 11 263Construction diving 50 63 58 88 2 261Abrasive blasting 19 10 22 198 6 255First aid 146 42 20 23 24 255Ergonomics 0 0 0 145 86 231Recreational snorkelling 7 17 26 171 7 228Formwork 64 77 31 27 4 203Prescribed occupations 190 10 0 0 0 200Access 107 30 21 34 5 197Injury/event notification 65 20 37 52 21 195Supplier of plant 56 78 35 16 9 194Other occupational diving 9 20 23 129 6 187Ladder 49 39 15 50 28 181Recreational diving/recreational technical diving 39 16 12 99 6 172Lead 36 14 21 53 12 136Psychosocial 24 27 22 28 34 135Site specific induction 43 37 24 21 10 135Chemical hazards 14 11 14 57 32 128Scaffolding 31 14 12 39 28 124Person in control of fixtures fittings plant 27 17 20 37 17 118Forest harvesting 0 2 15 94 3 114Trestle 26 28 17 29 14 114Installation of safety switch 39 18 11 25 19 112General provisions 15 5 15 49 25 109Total 18 932 12 139 9611 11 371 9392 61 445

Note: Data in this table is base on ANZSIC 2006 classifications. Due to changes in industry categories particularly in 2011–12 comparisons between years should be done with caution.

Table 4: WHSQ notices by notice type – all regions Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 14 208 8099 6427 7785 6989 43 508Prohibition notice 2703 2252 1626 2317 1754 10 652Verbal direction 1006 686 535 279 136 2642Infringement notices 639 501 293 429 207 2069DG directives 198 461 578 444 167 1848Electrical safety protection 138 101 125 56 80 500Seizure notices 28 39 25 58 59 209Unsafe equipment notice 12 0 2 3 0 17Total 18 932 12 139 9611 11 371 9392 61 445

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Overview of notices issued 2011–12 Table 5: Notices issued in 2011–12 by WHSQ by industry group Industry Industry group NoticesConstruction

Residential building 1254Non-residential building 712Other construction services 383Building structure services 274Heavy and civil engineering construction 212Building completion services 202Building installation services 183Land development and site preparation 173

Construction total 3393Manufacturing

Other fabricated metal product 316Structural metal product 220Motor vehicle and motor vehicle part 122Other wood product 111Log sawmilling and timber dressing 80Specialised machinery and equipment 80Other transport equipment 77Meat and meat product 74Furniture 58Polymer product 57Other machinery and equipment 57Sheet metal product (except metal structural) 42Cement lime plaster and concrete product 41Bakery product 40Metal container 38Glass and glass product 36Basic ferrous metal 36Printing and printing support services 33Electrical equipment 29Other food product 27Grain mill and cereal product 25Other non-metallic mineral product 24Sugar and confectionery 20Pulp, paper and paperboard 19Textile product 15Other manufacturing 302

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Automotive repair and maintenance 612Other personal services 34Other repair and maintenance 22Machinery and equipment repair and maintenance 20Personal care services 19Unspecified* 708

Other services total 1415Retail trade

Pharmaceutical and other store-based 132Recreational goods 68Motor vehicle parts and tyre 64Specialised food 41Supermarket and grocery stores 40Electrical and electronic goods 39Motor vehicle 34Furniture floor coverings, houseware and textile goods 32Fuel 24Hardware building and garden supplies 22Clothing, footwear and personal accessory 22Other retail trade 3

Retail trade total 521Accommodation and food services

Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services 150Pubs, taverns and bars 116Accommodation 85Clubs (hospitality) 20

Accommodation and food services total 371Wholesale trade

Specialised industrial machinery and equipment 52Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts 51Timber and hardware goods 49Grocery, liquor and tobacco product 49Agricultural product 41Furniture, floor covering and other goods 29Mineral, metal and chemical 27Other machinery and equipment 17Other wholesale trade 6

Wholesale trade total 321Transport, postal and warehousing

Road freight 133Warehousing and storage services 51Other transport services 36

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Water transport support services 19Other transport postal and warehousing 56Transport, postal and warehousing total 318

Agriculture, forestry and fishing Mushroom and vegetable growing 61Fruit and tree nut growing 58Other livestock farming 49Sheep, beef cattle and grain farming 31Agriculture and fishing support services 26Other crop growing 21Other agriculture forestry and fishing 45

Agriculture, forestry and fishing total 291Rental hiring and real estate services

Other goods and equipment rental and hiring 62Motor vehicle and transport equipment rental and hiring 43Property operators 39Other rental hiring and real estate services 8

Rental hiring and real estate services total 152Arts and recreation services

Amusement and other recreation activities 95Sports and physical recreation activities 29Other arts and recreation services 21

Arts and recreation services total 145Health care and social assistance

Hospitals 36Residential care services 31Other health care and social assistance 28

Health care and social assistance total 95Electricity, gas, water and waste

Waste treatment disposal and remediation 41Waste collection services 30Other electricity, gas, water and waste 17

Electricity, gas, water and waste services total 88Administrative and support services

Building, cleaning, pest control and gardening services 56Other administrative and support 27

Administrative and support services total 83Professional, scientific and technical services

Architectural, engineering and technical services 38Other professional, scientific and technical 40

Professional, scientific and technical services total 78Education and training School education 39


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Tertiary education 19Other education and training 13Education and training total 71

Public administration and safety Local government administration 42State government administration 19

Public administration and safety total 61Information, media and telecommunications Information media and telecommunications total 6Financial and insurance services Financial and insurance services total 4 All industries 9392*includes services to mining

Table 6: Notices issued in 2011–12 by WHSQ by category Category All regionsPlant 2271Electrical 793Work environment 638Asbestos 519Falls from heights 516General duty 514Hazardous substances 484Hazardous chemicals 377Obligation 364Work at heights 314Workplace installations 211Construction housekeeping 207Slips trips and falls 164Dangerous goods regulation 132Falling objects 115Work method statement 104Principal contractor 101Working around elect parts 90Unspecified 86Miscellaneous categories 1392Total 9392

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Table 7: Notices issued in 2011–12 by WHSQ by type Notice type All regionsImprovement notice 6989Prohibition notice 1754Infringement notice 207DG directives 167Verbal direction 136Electrical safety protection 80Seizure notices 59Total 9392

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Appendix B Details of notices issued 2007–08 to 2011–12 Notices by type – Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast Region Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 2183 1230 1140 1999 1770 8322Prohibition notice 655 422 317 700 449 2543Verbal direction 77 144 77 35 21 354Infringement notices 75 48 49 101 30 303DG directives 51 39 13 37 9 149Electrical safety protection 17 4 14 17 11 63Seizure notices 1 3 2 13 9 28Unsafe equipment no tice 3 0 0 0 0 3Total 3062 1890 1612 2902 2299 11 765 Notices by type – Brisbane South and Gold Coast Region Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 4605 3609 2003 2392 1864 14 473Prohibition notice 1036 1129 703 903 647 4418Verbal direction 129 104 173 12 17 435Infringement notices 143 196 107 165 44 655DG directives 64 210 134 142 105 655Electrical safety protection 50 63 39 23 13 188Seizure notices 4 5 7 9 8 33Unsafe equipment notice 2 0 1 0 0 3Total 6033 5316 3167 3646 2698 20 860 Notices by type – Central Queensland and Wide Bay region Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 2372 793 595 615 593 4968Prohibition notice 341 137 109 166 110 863Verbal direction 474 194 93 20 0 781Infringement notices 125 46 30 50 51 302DG directives 5 7 71 57 28 168Electrical safety protection 20 6 27 4 10 67Seizure notices 1 4 0 2 5 12Unsafe equipment notice 3 0 0 3 0 6Total 3341 1187 925 917 797 7167


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Notices by type – North Queensland region Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 3119 1474 1195 1140 1493 8421Prohibition notice 452 337 250 275 333 1647Verbal direction 53 97 31 42 36 259Infringement notices 255 156 80 82 71 644DG directives 51 121 66 67 6 311Electrical safety protection 39 15 26 4 23 107Seizure notices 10 11 7 8 9 45Unsafe equipment notice 4 0 0 0 0 4Total 3983 2211 1655 1618 1971 11 438 Notices by type – South West Queensland region Notice type 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalImprovement notice 1929 993 1494 1639 1269 7324Prohibition notice 219 227 247 273 215 1181Verbal direction 273 147 161 170 62 813Infringement notices 41 55 27 31 11 165DG directives 27 84 294 141 19 565Electrical safety protection 12 13 19 8 23 75Seizure notices 12 16 9 26 28 91Unsafe equipment no tice 0 0 1 0 0 1Total 2513 1535 2252 2288 1627 10 215 Notices by category – Brisbane North and Sunshine Coast region Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalPlant 998 522 405 604 564 3093Other 403 294 285 462 377 1821Falls from heights 213 214 147 232 128 934Hazardous substances 244 147 130 243 135 899Obligation 85 90 88 371 110 744Workplace installations 311 117 100 77 60 665Electrical 108 19 39 133 180 479Slips trips and falls 184 70 65 79 39 437Asbestos 38 60 42 152 119 411Construction housekeeping 90 85 45 115 67 402Principal contractor 85 39 43 133 51 351

General duty 0 0 0 0 205 205


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Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalManual handling 80 38 41 32 0 191High risk construction activity 36 23 40 53 32 184Owner of plant 34 36 48 33 9 160

Work environment 0 0 0 0 157 157Work method statement 22 44 13 37 26 142Falling objects 40 19 23 34 18 134Dangerous goods regulation 46 38 9 28 9 130Workplace health and safety officer 12 18 24 67 1 122Person in control of relevant workplace area 33 17 25 17 12 104Total 3062 1890 1612 2902 2299 11 765 Notices by category – Brisbane South and Gold Coast region Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalPlant 1998 1142 760 615 617 5132Hazardous substances 598 603 239 276 172 1888Obligation 343 674 385 355 109 1866Other 347 303 208 576 372 1806Falls from heights 412 414 263 364 169 1622Workplace installations 482 341 181 97 40 1141Construction housekeeping 195 216 124 203 59 797Dangerous goods regulation 108 168 99 115 99 589Slips trips and falls 259 131 61 33 55 539Falling objects 80 98 100 162 74 514Asbestos 94 89 102 117 93 495Electrical 66 79 46 84 166 441Owner of plant 217 69 36 9 5 336Manual handling 129 147 32 24 0 332Excavation 91 99 36 56 18 300Work method statement 53 62 26 85 30 256Construction safety plan 55 52 44 76 25 252Construction workplace amenities 59 47 48 51 29 234Person in control of relevant workplace area 75 87 42 21 3 228Substances 66 82 34 21 7 210

Work environment 0 0 0 0 199 199Erector and installer of plant 34 54 35 60 6 189Formwork 59 73 29 24 3 188

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Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalSupplier of plant 48 68 27 11 7 161Construction diving 43 37 41 28 1 150High risk construction activity 11 28 31 53 12 135Person in control 44 36 25 20 4 129Dangerous goods act 11 41 39 24 10 125Workplace health and safety officer 29 40 28 21 0 118Occupational licensing 0 24 35 31 25 115

Work at heights 0 0 0 0 105 105Principal contractor 27 12 11 34 21 105Total 6033 5316 3167 3646 2698 20 860 Notices by category – Central Queensland and Wide Bay region Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalOther 494 166 153 332 311 1456Plant 747 229 191 129 140 1436Obligation 571 165 101 74 86 997Hazardous substances 328 155 54 32 17 586Workplace installations 292 155 89 23 11 570Falls from heights 180 99 89 79 41 488Slips trips and falls 196 41 47 11 12 307Construction housekeeping 69 53 25 31 31 209Electrical 62 15 34 38 39 188Asbestos 46 20 17 31 67 181Manual handling 93 8 17 30 0 148Work method statement 46 28 23 33 13 143Dangerous goods regulation 6 6 57 49 19 137Rural 72 18 13 2 8 113Owner of plant 89 4 12 2 107Construction workplace plans and work method statement 50 25 15 11 0 101Total 3341 1187 925 917 797 7167 Notices by category – North Queensland region Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalPlant 1 290 566 527 193 442 3 018Other 649 355 262 529 602 2 397Workplace installations 352 204 99 59 79 793Falls from heights 225 140 98 159 135 757Hazardous substances 381 152 78 71 25 707


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Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalObligation 273 141 121 50 56 641Electrical 156 77 62 93 169 557Asbestos 45 79 51 82 136 393Dangerous goods regulation 50 107 61 62 5 285Slips trips and falls 67 66 63 51 34 281Manual handling 88 60 56 38 0 242Construction housekeeping 83 38 10 9 45 185Principal contractor 78 37 19 22 25 181Rural 14 45 35 76 7 177Work method statement 38 48 23 34 32 175Owner of plant 78 32 28 13 12 163Work environment 0 0 0 0 145 145Workplace health and safety officer 32 24 25 39 2 122Occupational licensing 0 31 32 36 19 118Spray painting 84 9 5 2 1 101Total 3983 2211 1655 1618 1971 11 438 Notices by category – South West Queensland region Category 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 TotalPlant 823 364 584 554 508 2 833Hazardous substances 489 231 405 535 135 1 795Other 351 238 208 388 456 1 641Workplace installations 279 131 173 86 21 690Electrical 62 35 76 146 239 558Falls from heights 98 101 104 160 43 506Dangerous goods regulation 28 81 140 128 0 377Asbestos 26 64 59 64 104 317Slips trips and falls 77 56 52 27 24 236Obligation 48 66 54 42 3 213Dangerous goods act 6 6 155 24 19 210Manual handling 93 45 26 34 0 198Rural 34 3 99 15 26 177Biological hazards 13 54 63 10 1 141Work method statement 40 18 23 29 3 113Working around elect parts 33 15 8 20 30 106High risk construction activity 13 27 23 26 15 104Total 2513 1535 2252 2288 1627 10 215


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Appendix C Details of notices issued in 2011–12 Notices issued in 2011–12 by WHSQ by category and region

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QueenslandSouth West Queensland All regions

Plant 564 617 140 442 508 2271 Electrical 180 166 39 169 239 793 Work environment 157 199 56 145 81 638 Asbestos 119 93 67 136 104 519 Falls from heights 128 169 41 135 43 516 General duty 205 163 28 71 47 514 Hazardous substance 135 172 17 25 135 484 Hazardous chemicals 96 97 31 67 86 377 Obligation 110 109 86 56 3 364 Work at heights 47 105 24 94 44 314 Workplace installations 60 40 11 79 21 211 Construction housekeeping 67 59 31 45 5 207 Slips trips and falls 39 55 12 34 24 164 Dangerous goods regulation 9 99 19 5 0 132 Falling objects 18 74 5 15 3 115 Work method statement 26 30 13 32 3 104 Principal contractor 51 21 4 25 0 101 Working around elect parts 9 11 26 14 30 90 Unspecified 267 408 129 360 228 86 Miscellaneous categories 12 11 18 22 23 1392 Total 2299 2698 797 1971 1627 9392

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Notice type Brisbane North and Sunshine

Coast

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Gold Coast

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QueenslandSouth West Queensland

All regions

Improvement notice 1770 1864 593 1493 1269 6989 Prohibition notice 449 647 110 333 215 1754 Infringement notice 30 44 51 71 11 207 DG directives 9 105 28 6 19 167 Verbal direction 21 17 0 36 62 136 Electrical safety protection 11 13 10 23 23 80 Seizure notices 9 8 5 9 28 59 Total 2299 2698 797 1971 1627 9392

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Notice issues against category of plant 2011–12

Issue


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Other 308 301 46 259 300 1214 Maintenance 103 83 28 93 77 384 Guarding 33 89 39 31 82 274 Common plant 64 72 3 17 1 157 Fixing or mounting 25 29 7 6 15 82 Guarding and rollover protection 7 11 5 19 11 53 Licensing 8 8 5 8 3 32 Isolation 0 11 0 2 9 22 Plant as control measure to be maintained 6 6 0 1 0 13 Moving objects 6 0 3 0 1 10 Emergency stop inaccessible 2 2 1 3 0 8 C ollisions 0 3 2 2 0 7 Safe plant 0 0 0 0 7 7 Start stop inaccessible 1 2 0 0 0 3 Control measures 1 0 0 1 0 2 Training 0 0 1 0 1 2 Reg istration 0 0 0 0 1 1 Total plant 564 617 140 442 508 2271

Notice Issues against category of electrical 2011–12

Issue


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Central Queensland

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Manufacturing work - double ins - test tag 34 54 8 13 48 157 Employer or self employed persons obligation 18 42 1 32 52 145 Construction equipment - test and tag 36 15 6 75 11 143 Manufacturing - not double ins - test tag 29 27 10 10 49 125 Manufacturing work - fixed safety switch - op test 8 6 0 14 45 73 Manufacturing work - perm workplace - safety switch 10 8 1 1 3 23 Obligation offence provision 3 1 5 5 7 21 Person in control 4 0 3 5 8 20 Service work - test tag 14 2 2 0 0 18 All work- chord damage 3 2 0 6 1 12


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Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

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Construction portable witch – test and tag 10 0 0 1 1 12 Amuse – equip – test tag 2 0 3 0 3 8 Manufacturing work – double adaptor 2 2 0 1 3 8 Service/office work – perm safety switch – op test 1 2 0 3 1 7 Manufacturing work – not per workplace – safety switch 0 3 0 2 50 Amuse – double adaptor 4 0 0 0 0 4 Rural work – stated electrical risk – test tag 0 0 0 0 3 3 Manufacturing work – port safety switch – performance test 1 0 0 0 1 2 Amuse work – inspect when connected 0 1 0 0 0 1 Manufacturing work – safety switch – test before use 1 0 0 0 0 1 Office work – test tag 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unspecified 0 0 0 3 1 4 Total electrical 180 166 39 169 239 793

Notice Issues against category of work environment 2011–12

Issue


Coast

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Gold Coast

Central Queensland

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Other 87 86 13 79 44 309 Documentation 26 49 18 27 24 144 Access – workplace participants 12 21 7 14 7 61 Access – public 11 18 4 4 2 39 Housekeeping 16 9 8 4 2 39 Floor and ground surface 4 1 1 4 0 10 Atmospheric contaminants 0 4 3 2 0 9 Signage 0 3 2 2 1 8 Training 0 5 0 1 0 6 Health monitoring 1 1 0 2 0 4 Lighting 0 1 0 2 0 3 Temperature/weather 0 0 0 3 0 3 Work space 0 0 0 1 1 2 Emergency procedures, plans, equipment 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total work environment 157 199 56 145 81 638


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Notice issues against category of asbestos 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

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Documentation 24 17 20 42 41 144 Asbestos removal code 22 27 14 14 6 83 Other 12 9 3 19 29 72 Asbestos management code 8 11 5 15 13 52 Removing ACM 22 3 3 22 2 52 Exposure 14 13 0 3 4 34 Removal 5 6 6 9 2 28 Labelling 1 0 5 1 3 10 Cleaning ACM 4 1 0 1 0 6 Licensing 1 0 0 2 3 6 Notification 0 1 4 0 0 5 Personal protective equipment 0 0 1 2 0 3 Training 0 1 1 1 0 3 Cleaning asbestos 0 0 1 0 0 1 Unspecified 6 4 4 5 1 20 Total asbestos 119 93 67 136 104 519

Notice issues against category of falls from heights 2011–12

Issue


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Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Greater than – cont measure arrest fall 28 88 19 67 5 207 Risk management 24 24 6 18 10 82 Safe work environment 35 12 3 1 11 62 Safe system of work 17 14 4 14 7 56 Provision of information, instruction, training and supervision 12 17 3 7 2 41 Safe plant 4 7 1 11 3 26 Less than 3m/2m/26deg – risk man steps 3 2 5 3 1 14 Less than 3m/2m/26deg – control measure comply 5 3 0 0 3 11 Unspecified 0 2 0 14 1 17 Total falls from heights 128 169 41 135 43 516


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Notice issues against category of general duty 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Duty 205 163 28 71 47 514 Notice issues against category of hazardous substances 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Risk management 23 38 3 3 26 93 Induction 21 40 3 2 25 91 Keep register 36 21 7 1 23 88 MSDS 15 25 0 4 17 61 Labelling 15 26 1 2 9 53 Records 10 1 0 0 19 30 Register kept content accessible 3 11 0 4 0 18 Register not close 9 2 0 3 4 18 Control measures 0 3 2 2 9 16 Register 2 4 0 4 1 11 Health surveillance 1 1 1 0 2 5 Total hazardous substances 135 172 17 25 135 484

Notice issues against category of hazardous chemicals 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Documentation 45 28 9 12 48 142 Other 17 23 11 29 10 90 Labelling 18 22 2 16 12 70 Spillage 4 9 5 4 8 30 Training 2 5 2 3 0 12 Emergency procedures, plans, eq uipment 3 2 0 2 4 11 Health m entoring 2 3 1 0 4 10 Fire 2 3 0 0 0 5 Storage 2 1 1 0 0 4 Use 1 0 0 1 0 2 Dis closure 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total hazardous chemicals 96 97 31 67 86 377


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Notice issues against category of obligation 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


General obligation 103 90 70 46 3 312 Unspecified 7 19 16 10 0 52 Total obligation 110 109 86 56 3 364

Notice issues against category of work at heights 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Fall protection 40 80 17 75 44 256 Work platforms 6 18 7 11 0 42 Other 1 7 0 8 0 16 Total work at heights 47 105 24 94 44 314

Notice issues against category of workplace installations 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Manufacturing work 35 10 0 33 10 88 Construction work 11 24 10 12 1 58 Service or office work 12 5 0 30 3 50 Rural industry work 0 0 0 0 6 6 All work 1 0 0 4 0 5 Amusement work 1 1 1 0 1 4 Total workplace installations 60 40 11 79 21 211

Notice issues against category of construction housekeeping 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Safe housekeeping practices to be used 66 56 29 35 5 191 Signage housekeeping 1 3 0 10 0 14 Unspecified 0 0 2 0 0 2 Total construction housekeeping 67 59 31 45 5 207


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Notice issues against category of slips, trips and falls 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Safe system of work 17 28 11 13 20 89 Provision of information, instruction, training and supervision 13 16 11 2 42 Safe plant 9 11 1 10 2 33 Total slips, trips and falls 39 55 12 34 24 164

Notice issues against category of dangerous goods regulation 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Placards 0 7 10 1 0 18 Information supervision and training 1 15 0 0 0 16 Risk assessment 1 14 0 1 0 16 Register 0 9 3 0 0 12 Manifest 0 10 1 0 0 11 Hazard identification 0 6 1 2 0 9 Emergency procedures 0 5 1 0 0 6 Notification 0 6 0 0 0 6 Spill containment 1 4 1 0 0 6 Ignition sources 1 4 0 0 0 5 Storage and handling systems 3 2 0 0 0 5 MSDS to be prepared 0 4 0 0 0 4 Operation of storage or handling systems 2 1 0 0 0 3 Fire protection system 0 1 0 1 0 2 Personal protective equipment 0 2 0 0 0 2 Protection from impact 0 1 1 0 0 2 Separation 0 1 1 0 0 2 Storage decommission 0 2 0 0 0 2 Alternative information 0 1 0 0 0 1 Equipment for cleanup 0 1 0 0 0 1 Prevention of contamination 0 1 0 0 0 1 Response to emergencies 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unspecified 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total dangerous goods regulation 9 99 19 5 0 132


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Notice issues against category of falling objects 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Control measures 3 46 3 7 0 59 Stationary objects 2 18 0 2 1 23 Risk management 7 5 2 4 0 18 Other 6 4 0 2 2 14 Moving objects 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total falling objects 18 74 5 15 3 115

Notice issues against category of work method statement 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Relevant person to prepare work method statement 8 7 2 13 0 30 Availability of work method statement 1 7 1 6 3 18 Principal Contractor to monitor compliance with work method statement 5 5 2 2 0 14 Relevant person not to start work without work method statement 4 2 5 2 0 13 Principal Contractor must not allow prescribed activity unless complying with work method statement 2 3 3 4 0 12 Amendment of work method statement 2 3 0 0 0 5 Relevant person must not allow worker to perform high risk construction activity without discussing work method statement 2 1 0 2 0 5 Keep work method statement with construction safety plan 1 0 0 0 0 1 Update work method statement 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unspecified 1 1 0 3 0 5 Total work method statement 26 30 13 32 3 104


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Notice issues against category of principal contractor 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


No person owes obligation 20 11 1 11 0 43 Orderly conduct 17 9 3 8 0 37 Public safety 14 1 0 6 0 21 Total principal contractor 51 21 4 25 0 101

Notice issues against category of working around electrical parts 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Work to be performed within requirements 3 6 20 12 26 67 Consultation with persons in control of electrical lines 4 4 1 1 3 13 Excavating and underground services at a construction workplace 0 0 1 0 0 1 Excavating and underground services at a workplace other than a construction work 0 0 0 1 0 1 Uns pecified 2 1 4 0 1 8 Total working around elect parts 9 11 26 14 30 90

Notice issues against category of miscellaneous categories 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Training 15 33 19 33 27 127 Work method statement 32 16 3 10 17 78 Manual tasks – all risk factors 16 13 4 18 9 60 Authority to work 3 21 11 9 9 53 Other 11 21 8 6 2 48 Risk management 4 22 6 10 5 47 Control measures 9 10 7 10 5 41 General obligation 1 10 9 1 19 40 Rural plant 2 0 5 7 26 40 First aid 3 5 1 23 7 39 Toilets 4 24 1 9 0 38 Plant maintained in safe condition 9 5 2 11 4 31 Prepare a written construction safety plan 5 15 4 7 0 31 All dusts 2 18 2 3 3 28


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Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Personal protective equipment 7 9 3 9 0 28 Systems of work 7 5 1 8 7 28 Slips, trips and falls 13 5 0 7 1 26 Occupational violence 2 5 0 17 0 24 Availability of Construction Safety Plan and Work Method Statement 4 7 0 8 1 20 Maintain amenities 4 6 0 4 6 20 Installation of approved safety switch 2 9 1 2 5 19 Safe workplace area 12 3 0 1 2 18 Safe fixtures/fittings/plant 11 3 2 1 0 17 Stability 3 4 6 0 4 17 Common plant not to be altered 12 1 0 2 1 16 Erecting scaffolding 1 8 2 4 0 15 Licensing 4 0 3 3 5 15 Safety of workers 6 3 2 1 3 15 Work on ladder 0 1 1 4 9 15 Ladder specification 0 5 0 3 5 13 Notification 1 2 0 7 1 11 Safe erection/installation of plant 3 6 0 1 1 11 Safe handling of substances 0 6 0 2 3 11 Work on trestle ladder 0 8 0 0 3 11 Harassment 1 2 0 7 0 10 Safe plant 0 2 0 6 2 10 Safe storage of substances 0 0 0 5 5 10 Spray booth to be used 2 4 1 1 2 10 Miscellaneous issues 51 82 17 78 28 256 Unspecified 5 9 8 22 1 45 Total miscellaneous categories 267 408 129 360 228 1392

Notice issues against category of unspecified 2011–12

Issue


Coast

Brisbane South and

Gold Coast

Central Queensland

and Wide BayNorth


Unspecified 12 11 18 22 23 86

Notes and extraction methodology

Please Note: The inspectorate data provided is not reflective of any published data by WHSQ or Department of Justice and Attorney-General. Typically, this is not used to report on WHSQ activity in the service statements in the annual report or quarterly report to the Workplace Health and Safety Board. Also note the following: Infringement notices are allocated by category/issue of either general obligation or electrical

only. Thus they should be separately mapped or reported if it is desired to analyse infringements by category.

'Miscellaneous categories' includes categories (with the exception of ‘Unspecified’) where the recorded number was less than 100 notices during the period under review.

'Miscellaneous issues' includes issues (with the exception of ‘Unspecified’) where the recorded number was less than 10 notices during the period under review.

‘Category’ values mentioned in tables and graphs can not be linked to the Type of Occurrence Classification System (TOOCS) that is used to code injuries. It is a classification scheme created by WHSQ to categorise the main risk that the notice is being issued for.

Methodology used to extract this data Data is sourced from the following stored files for notices: BSSU-1004 (bssu-748 I and E513) DG-MFO Notices NEW 1112.xls. Notice data 07-08 to 11-12 complete.xls.

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