The One-Page Notification Check

Step 1: Is anyone still in danger?

Make the area safe, help anyone who's hurt and call 111 if you need to. You're allowed to do this before WorkSafe arrives.

Step 2: Is it notifiable? Tick any that apply.

• Someone died
• Someone needs immediate treatment (more than first aid) for an amputation, a serious head, eye or spinal injury, a serious burn, skin torn away from the tissue underneath (degloving or scalping), loss of a bodily function or serious lacerations
• Someone is admitted to hospital for immediate treatment, or usually would be
• Someone needs medical treatment within 48 hours of being exposed to a substance
• Someone has a serious infection that work significantly contributed to
• Nobody was hurt, but someone was put at serious risk by an incident on the list in the Act, such as a spill or leak of a substance, a fire or explosion, an electric shock or a structure collapsing

Step 4: Leave the scene alone.

Don't move anything until an inspector says you can. The only exceptions are helping someone who's hurt, removing someone who has died, making the site safe so it doesn't happen again, or doing what the police tell you.

Step 5: Keep the record.

Keep a record of the event for at least 5 years from the day you notified it.