Free Work Health and Safety Policy Template
Editable Word work health and safety policy for Queensland businesses: your commitments, who is responsible for what, and how to put the policy into practice. Free to download.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits any Queensland business that wants a clear, practical work health and safety policy to sign off and use. It sets out your commitments and responsibilities, and how you plan, consult, manage risk, train, respond to incidents and review. It works with our other policy and procedure templates.
What is included in our free work health & safety policy?
- Policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Plain-English definitions from the WHS Act and Regulation
- Roles for directors, supervisors, workers, HSRs, contractors and visitors
- A 17-step procedure from planning to review
- Your duties to consult, train and supervise
- Stopping unsafe work and reporting incidents
- Record keeping, training and communication
- Monitoring and review
- Links to the other policies, forms and registers in the set
- Legislation and codes of practice references
Legislation and codes of practice referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 17 and 18 (managing risks, reasonably practicable), s 19 (primary duty of care), s 26A (codes of practice), s 27 (officers), ss 28 and 29 (duties of workers and other persons), ss 46 to 49 (consultation), Part 5 (health and safety representatives and committees), ss 84 to 86 (ceasing unsafe work)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 32 to 38 (managing risks), s 39 (information, training and instruction), s 42 (first aid), s 43 (emergency plans), ss 55A and 55C (psychosocial hazards), s 299 (safe work method statements)
- How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice 2021
- Work Health and Safety Consultation, Co-operation and Co-ordination Code of Practice 2021
- Managing the Risk of Psychosocial Hazards at Work Code of Practice 2022
- First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
- Managing the Work Environment and Facilities Code of Practice 2021
What you get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (6 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers.
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How to use it
From download to site in three steps
Fill in the form and download
Enter your name and email. Your download buttons appear straight away and the links are emailed to you.
Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it?
Fill in your name and email on this page. Your download buttons appear as soon as you send the form, and the links are emailed to you. You can download it again from your account at any time.
Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
Check the sample pages first. If the template has a fault or doesn't match its description, tell us and we'll fix it. Every template is a starting point that you tailor to your own work.
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