Have your say to help improve work health and safety in NSW
SafeWork NSW is reviewing twenty codes of practice developed before the introduction of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.
We are asking for your help to make sure the codes are still relevant, easy to understand and support current and evolving work practices and technologies.
Your feedback will help ensure the codes reflect current work practices and protect workers and the community.
Thank you for your feedback
SafeWork NSW has established an Industry Social Partners Working Group of specific industry and union representatives to review the public consultation responses and existing content. This is to ensure codes reflect work health and safety (WHS) best practices, technologies, and environmental conditions to achieve WHS standards required under the 2011 Work Health and Safety Act and 2017 Regulation laws. This will inform the next steps and if the codes will be updated.
We are using your feedback to inform updated codes of practice.
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Consultation was open on five codes of practice between 19 May and 19 June 2023:
- Collection of domestic waste
- Moving plant on construction sites
- Safety in forest harvesting operations
- Tunnels under construction
- Work near overhead power lines.
Consultation was open on five codes of practice between 7 September - 8 October 2023:
- Accommodation for rural agricultural work
- Amenity tree industry
- Cutting and drilling concrete and other masonry products
- Overhead protective structures
- Safe use of synthetic mineral fibres
- Safe work on roofs for commercial and industrial buildings
- Sawmilling industry.
Consultation was open on eight codes of practice from 19 October to 26 November 2023.
- Control of work–related exposure to hepatitis and HIV (blood-borne) viruses
- Safety aspects in the design of bulk solids containers including silos, field bins and chaser bins
- Safe handling of timber preservatives and treated timber
- Safe use of bulk solids containers and flatbed storage including silos, field bins and chaser bins
- Safe use and storage of chemicals (including pesticides and herbicides) in agriculture
- Safe use and storage of chemicals including pesticides and herbicides in non-agricultural workplaces
- Transport and delivery of cash-in-transit industry
- Technical guidance.
We received 708 completed surveys and 32 submissions.
