Notify SafeWork NSW of an incident

By law, certain workplace health and safety incidents must be immediately reported to SafeWork NSW. These incidents may involve an employee, contractor or member of the public.

Incidents you must report are:

• the death of a person
• a serious injury or illness
• a dangerous incident.

You must notify SafeWork NSW immediately you become aware of the notifiable incident.

As well as providing first aid where required, you must also:

• secure the site and take care not to disturb anything until an inspector attends to carry out an investigation
• record the incident in the register of injuries
• notify your insurer within 48 hours.

You should have procedures in place so work health and safety incidents are reported immediately.  

Significant penalties apply if you fail to report a notifiable incident.