The Quarterly safety report – October to December 2024 has been released to better inform industry when reviewing safety management systems and undertaking risk assessments at their sites. The report details incidents and trends relating to hazard management, in addition to sector specific information.
As a high-hazard regulator, we focus on compliance with legislative requirements associated with principal and other high-risk hazards. ‘Roads or other vehicle operating areas’, ‘fires or explosion’ and ‘air quality or dusts and other airborne contaminants’ are hazards that feature regularly in incident notifications to the Regulator.
In this quarter, there were a total of 551 incident notifications received – a 6% decrease from the previous quarter and a 4% decrease from the same period in FY 2024.
There were 2 fatalities during the quarter, both were non-work related.
Incident notifications decreased for coal mines (6%) and large mines (16%) compared to the previous quarter. Conversely, the small mines sector saw a 33% increase of notified incidents.
You can access the report on our activity and safety reports page.
