Workplace Inspection

WorkSafe inspects a workplace every 12 minutes.

If you’re meeting all your obligations under Victoria’s workplace safety laws, you’ve got nothing to worry about. Or if you’re doing everything you can to make your workplace safe and just need some assistance, we can help you in lots of ways.

WorkSafe inspectors

WorkSafe inspectors ensure that workplaces are complying with health and safety laws. They are always ready to provide help and advice, but when required, they will enforce the law. So it makes sense to ensure your workplace is safe.

Click play below to see Tony, a WorkSafe inspector, tell you about what he looks for when he visits a workplace.

To find out more about how WorkSafe inspectors support and enforce health and safety at work, read our frequently asked questions and the publication WorkSafe Victoria Inspectors.

 Make your workplace safer

There is lots of information on our website to help you make your workplace safer.

Check your injury hotspots, which pinpoint where and how people get hurt at work and provide practical solutions to improve workplace safety. Hotspots are now available for 29 industries and occupations.

You can search for health and safety information by topic or tailored to your industry. And don’t forget that if your business performs construction work, new safety rules now apply.

Help for small business

If you’re a small business, we understand that workplace safety can sometimes be one of the furthest things from your mind.

We’ve developed a safety checklist to help you become familiar with your obligations to provide a safe workplace and support injured workers. And we’ve got 12 tips to make your business safer, which have been compiled from hazards that our inspectors come across regularly during visits to small businesses.

For additional health and safety advice click here