Types of incidents to be notified
Notification is required where an incident at a workplace or equipment site results in:
- death
- medical treatment within 48 hours following exposure to a substance
- immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital
- immediate treatment for:
- amputation
- serious head injury
- serious eye injury
- separation of skin from underlying tissue (for example de-gloving or scalping)
- electric shock
- spinal injury
- loss of bodily function (including loss of consciousness)
- serious laceration
Situations that seriously endangers the health and safety of people in the immediate vicinity require WorkSafe Victoria notification. Such dangerous occurrences include:
- collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, certain items of plant
- collapse or failure of an excavation or the shoring support of an excavation
- collapse of part of a building or structure
- implosion, explosion or fire
- escape, spillage or leakage of substances (under the Dangerous Goods Act 1985)
- objects or substances falling from a height
