Accredited Company Reporting | Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner

From 1 August 2023 the reporting requirements of all companies accredited under the Workplace, Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme were streamlined. For more details please see the Formal Notification of Changes to WHS Accreditation Scheme Reporting Requirements

Reporting on WHS performance enables us to assess the ongoing suitability of companies to remain accredited under the Scheme.

WHS performance reporting also enables us to determine WHS trends and benchmarks. This, in turn, will allow the OFSC to provide relevant, useful best practice advice to aid in the improvement of WHS awareness and culture in the building and construction industry.

Accredited companies must submit a Scheme Biannual Report every six months that covers a range of project data and WHS performance indicators (such as workers compensation premium rates and claims incident rates).

Accredited companies must also submit reports about WHS incidents that occur on their sites where the accredited company is the head contractor.

Click on the boxes below for more information about the different reporting requirements.

Types of reporting requirements

Safety incident reporting requirements

There are four types of incidents that companies must report:

Fatality: All fatalities on any projects regardless of value or type, must be reported to the OFSC on 1800 652 500 immediately, and an Incident Report form must be submitted within 48 hours.
Lost Time Injury (LTI): All work-related incidents resulting in a LTI where the project value is at least $4 million
Medically Treated Injury (MTI): All work-related incidents on Scheme Projects resulting in a MTI
Dangerous Occurrence: All work-related incidents on Scheme Projects resulting in a Dangerous Occurrence.

All reports are submitted via FSC Online . The table below summarises these requirements:

Incident Type	Timeframe		Project Type
	Notifiable*	Non-Notifiable*	Scheme	Non-Scheme
Fatality	48 hours	n/a	Y	Y
Lost Time Injury (LTI)	2 weeks	2 weeks	Y	Y
Medically Treat Injury (MTI)	2 weeks	2 weeks	Y	N
Dangerous Occurrence	2 weeks	n/a	Y	N

*A notifiable incident is an incident that is required to be notified under the relevant WHS legislation in the jurisdiction in which the project is being undertaken.

Biannual reporting requirements

Companies must submit Scheme Biannual Reports via FSC Online every six months

February report

Reports are due on 14 February for the previous July to December six-month period.

July report

Reports are due on 31 July for the previous January to June six-month period.

**Scheme Biannual Reports include reporting on each individual Scheme Project the accredited company was undertaking during the six-month reporting period.

Contract declaration reporting requirements

Accredited companies must submit a Contract Declaration when a contract is signed for building work that is directly or indirectly funded by the Australian Government valued at over the following financial thresholds:

For building work directly funded by the Australian Government – $4 million or more (GST inclusive).
For building work indirectly funded by the Australian Government – $4 million or more (GST inclusive) AND:
the value of the Australian Government contribution to the building work is at least $6 million (including GST) and represents at least 50 per cent of the total construction project value; OR
the Australian Government contribution to building work is $10 million (including GST) or more, irrespective of the proportion of Australian Government funding.

The OFSC's 'WHS Reporting Guide' (linked below) provides guidance on reporting obligations for accredited companies. This document is currently being updated following the launch of the new FSC Online system and in the interim, contains screenshots of the previous system. However, the factual information in this system regarding obligations remains current and this document can be used for informational purposes.

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WHS Reporting Guide (currently being reviewed to reflect the new FSC Online portal)

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