Changes to status reporting requirements under WHS

• Number of relevant incidents – you are required to provide a total of ALL submitted Notifiable Incident Report Forms (NIRF) for the quarter here as a total number. The date of the incident, not the date of the notification, determines whether it is included in a quarter.

• Number of lost time injuries – all lost time injuries/illnesses listed in the Work Status Timeline (new label for Carry Over Injuries) area that occurred during the reporting quarter, must be recorded in this field.
• Number of days lost from work – total the number of days where workers were on lost time (not including the day of the injury) for the reporting quarter by adding all “L” days together and record in this field.
• Number of restricted injuries – all alternate duty injuries/illnesses listed in the Work Status Timeline area that occurred during the reporting quarter must be recorded in this field.
• Number of days for restricted duties – total the number of days for the quarter where workers were on alternate duties by adding all “A” days together and record in this field.
• Number of treatment injuries – total the number of medical treatment injuries and illnesses that occurred during the reporting quarter, but that did not result in the worker being unable to work for one day or more (not including the day of the incident).
  For example, review the NIRFs to identify those submissions where the question, ‘Did the worker receive medical treatment as defined by the regulations?’ is answered with ‘yes’, where the injury/illness has a severity of ‘any other injury’ but where the injury/illness did not result in lost time days.
• Number of deaths – report all deaths that have occurred during the reporting period and record in this field. Note - It is important that injuries/illnesses are not entered twice into this summary. Account for the injury/illness under which the first work status timeline entry was made. For example, if the worker was first on lost time days, the injury should be counted as a lost time injury provided the injury occurred in the reporting period. 

Note - It is important that injuries/illnesses are not entered twice into this summary. Account for the injury/illness under which the first work status timeline entry was made. For example, if the worker was first on lost time days, the injury should be counted as a lost time injury provided the injury occurred in the reporting period. 

All injuries that resulted in lost time or alternate duties for the reporting period will be listed here as well as any ‘Carry Over Injuries’ from the previous quarter.

For all injuries that are listed for the reporting period, ensure that all rostered days from accident start date to the end of the reporting period are included.

For example – Reporting Period Apr-Jun 2022, Accident Date 24 April 2022, days to report is to include rostered days from 25 April up until 30 June 2022 (if applicable).