(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a notifiable incident means an unplanned or uncontrolled incident in relation to a workplace that exposes a worker or any other person to a serious risk to that person’s health or safety arising from an immediate or imminent exposure to—
an escape, a spillage, or a leakage of a substance; or
an implosion, explosion, or fire; or
an escape of gas or steam; or
an escape of a pressurised substance; or
an electric shock; or
the fall or release from a height of any plant, substance, or thing; or
the collapse, overturning, failure, or malfunction of, or damage to, any plant that is required to be authorised for use in accordance with regulations; or
the collapse or partial collapse of a structure; or
the collapse or failure of an excavation or any shoring supporting an excavation; or
the inrush of water, mud, or gas in workings in an underground excavation or tunnel; or
the interruption of the main system of ventilation in an underground excavation or tunnel; or
a collision between 2 vessels, a vessel capsize, or the inrush of water into a vessel; or
any other incident declared by regulations to be a notifiable incident for the purposes of this section.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), notifiable incident does not include an incident declared by regulations not be a notifiable incident for the purposes of this Act.
Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) s 37