Notifiable incidents in South Australia: SafeWork SA
Short answer
In South Australia, a death or life-threatening injury goes to SafeWork SA on 1800 777 209, any hour. Other injuries go to 1300 365 255 or the notifiable incident form. The 2025 model amendments have no legal effect in South Australia until they’re formally adopted.
Automatically checked against SafeWork SA on 31 Oct 2026.
What counts, and who to call
SafeWork SA separates notifications by urgency. A death or a life-threatening injury uses a statewide 24-hour number. A serious injury or illness that is not life-threatening, or a dangerous incident, uses a business-hours number or the online notifiable incident form. The regulator lists the same three triggers as other harmonised states: fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses, and dangerous incidents.
How SA differs from the model law
South Australia uses the harmonised triggers. What differs right now is timing. SafeWork SA says the model notification amendments published in December 2025 take no legal effect in South Australia until they are formally adopted into its legislation. So the current South Australian definitions apply. Notification runs on two numbers, a statewide 24-hour line for a death or life-threatening injury and another for other injuries, or the notifiable incident form.
A worked example
A press brake takes off two fingertips at an Adelaide workshop and the worker goes to hospital. The owner calls SafeWork SA on the statewide line because the injury is serious, and leaves the press brake as it is. The notifiable incident form is filled in the same day. The inspector asks for the history. That brings up a near miss on the same machine two weeks earlier, with the notes made at the time.
How Haznote handles it
For a South Australian site, Haznote names SafeWork SA on the flag. The manager confirms it. The earlier near miss on that machine is easy to find, because reports stay on file and are never deleted.
What the regulator says
Each row shows the source’s own words, who published them and when they were last checked by script.
| Item | What it says | Source and check date |
|---|---|---|
| Urgent notification | For a death or life-threatening injury call SafeWork SA on 1800 777 209 (state wide, 24 hours). Source says: | SafeWork SA Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Other notification | For injuries that are not life-threatening call 1300 365 255 or use the notifiable incident form. Source says: | SafeWork SA Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| Site preservation | The PCBU in control of the workplace keeps the site of a notifiable incident undisturbed until an inspector arrives, or an earlier time an inspector directs. Source says: | SafeWork SA Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
| 2025 amendments | The 2025 model WHS notification amendments take no legal effect in South Australia until they are formally adopted into South Australian legislation. Source says: | SafeWork SA Checked 31 Oct 2026 |
Plain answers.
Which number do I use?
SafeWork SA lists one number for deaths and life-threatening injuries and another for other injuries. Both are on its page and in the facts above.
Have the 2025 amendments started in South Australia?
SafeWork SA says they have no legal effect until adopted into South Australian legislation. Check its page for any change.
Can a worker report an incident to SafeWork SA?
Anyone at a workplace can report one. The business is expected to.
Where this comes from.
- Workplace incident notifications · SafeWork SA
General information, not legal advice. Check the current rules with SafeWork SA.
Flag likely-notifiable reports with SafeWork SA named. You confirm.
Run it on one site and see the first report land in the manager’s list.