Work safety inspections

Consultative WHS activities are an essential requirement to ensure compliance with WHS legislation and the Work Health and Safety Consultation, Cooperation and Coordination Code of Practice. Workers have a legal obligation to participate in work health and safety issues by contributing to consultative processes, such as work safety inspections.

Workers have valuable first-hand information and experience of the various things that may give rise to hazards in the workplace. It is therefore important that managers allow workers to participate in work safety inspections.

By participating in work safety inspections the workers will also gain valuable insight into workplace hazards, assessing risk and use of controls to effectively manage workplace health and safety issues.