Psychosocial Hazard Register

An editable Excel psychosocial hazard register for Queensland businesses, built on the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 rules for managing psychosocial risks. Choose each hazard from the list of common psychosocial hazards in the approved Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022, record where it arises, who is exposed (by role, never by name), the duration, frequency and severity of exposure, and how it interacts with other hazards. Mark the matters you considered when choosing controls, record the controls, owner and due date, then who you consulted and when. Overdue actions and reviews turn red, and the sheet works out the next review of a harassment prevention plan. Use it as a psychosocial risk register alongside your risk assessments.

What Is Included In Our Psychosocial Hazard Register?

• A Start Here sheet: type your details once and they appear on every sheet and printed page
• A drop-down list of the 14 common psychosocial hazards in the approved code, plus an Other row
• Source of the hazard: design or management of work, work environment, plant, or workplace interactions or behaviours
• Duration, frequency and severity of exposure, how hazards interact, and a risk level
• Seven columns for the matters to consider when choosing controls (Regulation s 55D)
• Existing and further controls, control level in the order of the hierarchy, owner, due date and action status
• Consultation with workers and the health and safety representative, with the date
• Review trigger and review date, with overdue reviews in red
• Harassment prevention plan location, last review date and an automatic next review three years later
• A roles-and-teams-only privacy rule, and a plain-English summary of the Queensland psychosocial rules

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 55A and 55B (psychosocial hazard and risk), s 55C (duty to manage psychosocial risks), s 55D (determining control measures), ss 55G and 55H (review and prevention plan for sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment), ss 36 and 38 (hierarchy of control, review of controls)
• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): ss 17 to 19 (risk management and primary duty), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), s 26A (approved codes of practice)
• Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice 2022

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Excel workbook with no macros
• Drop-down lists, frozen headings, automatic action status and colour highlighting
• Room for 200 hazards, with more rows when you need them
• Print-ready pages with your business details repeated on every printed page
• Drop-down options you can change on the Lists sheet to suit your business

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.