WorkSafe Tas
WorkSafe Tasmania
Tasmanian WHS regulator.
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Obligations enforced
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Enforcement actions tracked
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Obligations enforced by WorkSafe Tas (7)
- criticalTASPCBU primary duty of care (TAS WHS Act s 19)
Tasmania PCBUs must, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure the health and safety of workers and others affected by the work.
- criticalCWLTHComply with the respirable crystalline silica workplace exposure limit (0.05 mg/m³)
From 1 December 2026 the 0.05 mg/m³ silica standard becomes a legally binding workplace exposure limit (WEL).
- criticalTASIndustrial manslaughter offence (TAS WHS Act s 29C)
In Tasmania, a PCBU or officer whose reckless or negligent breach of a WHS duty causes a death commits industrial manslaughter.
- criticalCWLTHManage psychosocial hazards at work
WHS duty extends to psychosocial hazards — workload, bullying, harassment, role conflict.
- criticalCWLTHPrepare a safe work method statement (SWMS) for high risk construction work
Before high risk construction work starts, a SWMS must identify the work, its hazards and risks, the control measures, and how they are implemented, monitored and reviewed.
- criticalCWLTHHold a Construction Induction (White Card) before construction site work
All construction site workers must have completed nationally recognised induction training (CPCWHS1001).
- highCWLTHHold a High Risk Work Licence for HRWL classes
Forklift, crane, scaffolding, dogging, rigging, EWP and other high-risk work requires a HRWL.
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Source: regulator's own website. Rules Mate links and summarises — we don't republish full statutory text.