If you’re searching for a WHS consultant NSW, something has probably triggered it. A client wants WHS evidence. A tender is coming up. There has been an incident or near miss. Your safety documents are out of date. You’ve added workers, plant or new types of work. Or WHS has
Heavy vehicle fit to drive NSW requirements changed on 1 August 2026, introducing a clearer duty around drivers who are impaired by fatigue or otherwise unfit to drive. It’s 5:30am. The truck is ready. Your driver has arrived on time, their licence is current and their work diary is in
Fixed machinery can become part of the background in a workplace. Workers walk past the same conveyors, hoppers, rollers and drives every day. They know where the controls are. They know where material tends to spill. They know which route gets them from one side of the plant to the
The SafeWork NSW priorities 2026-27 are now confirmed. If you run a business in NSW, though, simply knowing the four areas on SafeWork’s list does not tell you what to do on Monday morning. The useful question is much more practical: which of these risks exist in your operation, where
At about 7pm on 3 February 2023, a road crew working on the Hume Highway began getting its equipment ready for the night’s work. Part of the job involved replacing reflective pavement markers. To install them, the crew used a vehicle-mounted melter to heat bituminous adhesive before applying it to
A business can have a WHS policy, risk register and folder of procedures and still struggle to show whether its safety system is working. For me, WHS system effectiveness comes down to a simple distinction: documents show what a business intended to do. Evidence from the workplace shows whether the
An incomplete floor can look firm enough to cross. A ceiling joist may appear capable of supporting a worker. Open framing can also become an informal access route when it seems quicker than installing a proper platform. That does not make it safe. A recent fall from height prosecution in
A construction-site plan may show a clear delivery route, a protected pedestrian walkway and a designated loading area. Once work begins, the situation can look very different. Materials are stored beside the route. A new subcontractor arrives with larger plant. Delivery vehicles begin reversing because the original turning area is
A waste collection route can look very different from one shift to the next. Overnight rain may leave an unsealed access road unstable. Parked cars may block the normal stopping position. Roadworks may force a truck into a narrow street, while fog or reduced morning light makes pedestrians harder to
The water pressure drops halfway through a cut. An extraction hose becomes blocked. A vacuum loses suction or a nozzle is damaged. The equipment still operates and the job is already behind schedule. What happens next is a test of your silica dust control workplace system. When a primary dust
