Maintaining a safe workplace is everyone’s responsibility. This section offers information and tools to help you manage risks and protect health, safety and wellbeing.
Everything you need to know about worker’s compensation insurance, whether you’re an employer needing to insure your workers or a worker who’s been injured at work.
Your rehabilitation and return to work journey will be easier if you know your options, the steps to take, and who’s responsible for what.
Information about work health and safety and electrical licensing, registration and training.
Learn about the Acts, Regulations and codes of practice we are responsible for and find information on workplace inspections and prosecutions.
Find health and safety information and guidance about your industry and the kind of work you do.
A listing of useful resources available on the website. Use the in-page search or filters to find what you need.
Read the November 2023 edition of eSAFE Electrical bulletin.
We are searching for senior electrical inspectors to join the Electrical Safety Office (ESO). As Queensland’s electrical safety regulator, working with us is more than just a job. Join the mission to improve electrical safety in Queensland and reduce the risk of deaths and injuries caused by electrical shocks, fires, and explosions.
Did you know all electrical apprentices must be competent in testing a full installation at the point of becoming a tradesperson and becoming eligible for a licence? To achieve this, an apprentice needs to be involved in the testing and verification process early.
An urgent safety warning notice has been issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the recall of LG batteries, warning of the potential fire risks involved with some LG solar home storage lithium-ion batteries, including advice for what your consumers should do.
New advice has been issued for Fluke-17xx cables.
In November 2023, the Electrical Licensing Committee took disciplinary action against seven licence holders.
A decision paper responding to three key themes, and an updated Queensland Government response will be released in early December.