Safety Resources for Contractors
The Department's Minimum Construction Safety Expectations (PDF, 126 KB) specify our minimum requirements for worker health and safety on all our worksites.
Our requirements describe the safety standards that everyone working on sites for the Department must follow.
Our requirements outline what we expect as a safety minimum. They do not diminish or replace any responsibilities, duties, requirements under the:
- WHS Act and Regulations 2012
- South Australian Codes of Practice
- Australian Standards.
We encourage organisations to implement even higher levels of safety practices.
Resources
Our minimum construction safety expectations
Document title | Type | File type | Issued | Owner |
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Minimum Construction Safety Expectations (PDF, 126 KB) | A3 poster | Aug 2022 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Minimum expectations for every person on site (excerpt) (PDF, 129 KB) | A3 poster | Aug 2022 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Minimum expectations for every worker (excerpt) (PDF, 134 KB) | A3 poster | Aug 2022 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Minimum Construction Safety Expectations (superseded) (PDF, 182 KB) | A3 poster | pre-Aug 2022 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Contract Specification Summary (PDF, 265 KB) | A3 poster | Feb 2024 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport |
Our supporting activities
When we engage Principal Contractors to deliver our projects, we use a range of activities to monitor their performance and ensure they are meeting their work health and safety obligations.
To learn about the key aims and deliverables of each activity, read the WHS auditing, coaching, monitoring and surveillance guide (PDF, 1093 KB).
Psychological hazards
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Psychosocial hazards (PDF, 135 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Understanding psychosocial hazards in the workplace | Video | YouTube | Aug 2023 | SafeWork SA |
Psychosocial risk assessment tool | Checklist | Oct 2022 | WorkSafe QLD | |
Overview of work-related stress | Fact sheet | Sep 2023 | SafeWork SA | |
Model code of practice: managing psychosocial hazards at work | Code of practice | Aug 2022 | Safework Australia |
Confined spaces
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Confined spaces (PDF, 127 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Confined spaces: an introduction | Video | YouTube | Aug 2020 | Maritime NZ |
Confined spaces: contractor review checklist (PDF, 176 KB) | Checklist | Mar 2021 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Confined space procedure (PDF, 314 KB) | Procedure | Apr 2018 | Bardavcol | |
Confined spaces (PDF, 2067 KB) | Code of practice | Jun 2020 | SafeWork SA |
Cranes and lifting
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Cranes and lifting (PDF, 152 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Workplace lifting safety training: workplace safety tips | Video | YouTube | Jun 2013 | EHS Consulting |
Rigging chain injury, O-Bahn City Access Project (PDF, 265 KB) | Safety alert | Jan 2017 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Safely erecting, using and removing fly jib extensions (PDF, 4278 KB) | Procedure | Sep 2021 | Lifting Matters | |
General guide for cranes | Code of practice | Dec 2015 | Safe Work Australia |
Demolition
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Demolition (PDF, 150 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Demolition safety tips: safety first safety basics | Video | YouTube | Sep 2020 | Apprenticeship Employment Network |
Asbestos and demotion checklist | Checklist | Oct 2016 | SafeWork NSW | |
Demolition work | Code of practice | Jun 2020 | SafeWork SA |
Exclusion and restricted access zones
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Exclusion and restricted access zones (PDF, 146 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Don't ignore an exclusion zone | Video | YouTube | Sep 2017 | Safe Work Australia |
Exclusion zones: blue cones (PDF, 579 KB) | Safety alert | Apr 2021 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Model code of practice: construction work | Code of practice | Mar 2020 | Safe Work Australia |
Load restraint
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Load restraint (PDF, 153 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Effective load restraint | Video | YouTube | Oct 2016 | Safe Work Australia |
Load restraint guide | Checklist | Jan 2018 | National Transport Commission | |
Loading | Code of practice | Webpage | Jan 2018 | National Heavy Vehicle Regulator |
Mobile plant and vehicles
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Mobile plant and vehicles (PDF, 136 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Working in and around mobile plant | Video | Webpage | Oct 2016 | Worksafe QLD |
General mobile pre-mobilisation (PDF, 136 KB) | Checklist | Jul 2020 | Laing O'Rourke | |
Managing the risks of plant in the workplace | Code of practice | Jun 2020 | Safe Work Australia |
Overhead and underground services
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Overhead and underground services (PDF, 141 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Electrical exclusion zones | Video | YouTube | Jan 2020 | WorkSafe QLD |
Underground and overhead services | Checklist | Feb 2019 | Construction Industry Training Board UK | |
General guide for working in the vicinity of overhead and underground electric lines | Code of practice | Jul 2014 | Safe Work Australia |
Power tools and equipment
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Power tools and equipment (PDF, 135 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Safety rules for using power tools | Video | YouTube | Sep 2017 | Safe Work Australia |
Angle grinders (PDF, 210 KB) | Safety alert | Oct 2015 | SafeWork SA | |
Equipment, machinery and tools | Checklist | May 2022 | SafeWork SA | |
Model code of practice: managing electrical risks in the workplace | Code of practice | Oct 2018 | Safe Work Australia |
Traffic management
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Traffic management (PDF, 139 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Traffic management | Video | Vimeo | Sep 2017 | WorkSafe ACT |
Traffic controller place in the line of fire (PDF, 262 KB) | Safety alert | Apr 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
On-site traffic management self-assessment tool | Checklist | Aug 2020 | WorkSafe QLD | |
Workplace traffic management: guidance material | Code of practice | Apr 2021 | Safe Work Australia |
Trenching and excavation
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
Trenching and excavation (PDF, 141 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Trenches | Video | Vimeo | Oct 2017 | WorkSafe ACT |
Shoring box safety (PDF, 367 KB) | Safety alert | Dec 2017 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Planning for safe set-up and operations for excavation and trenching work (PDF, 479 KB) | Checklist | Jan 2017 | Worksafe Qld | |
Model code of practice: excavation work | Code of practice | Mar 2020 | Safe Work Australia |
Working at heights
Title | Type | File type | Issued | Resource owner |
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Working at heights (PDF, 132 KB) | A3 poster | Sep 2023 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Working at heights | Video | Vimeo | Oct 2017 | WorkSAfe ACT |
Dropped objects from heights (PDF, 657 KB) | Safety alert | Mar 2020 | Department for Infrastructure and Transport | |
Working at heights in construction | Checklist | May 2023 | WorkSafe NSW | |
Managing the risk of falls at workplaces | Code of practice | Jun 2020 | Work Safe Australia |