SafeWork small business rebate eligible safety items

Items include:

• sliding segregation gate for livestock
• cattle crush
• lamb marking cradle
• head bale
• calf puller
• cattle panels.
   

Items include:

• protective structure for falling object
• traffic management tools such as bollards, cones, barricades, convex mirrors, elevated walkway, pedestrian crossing gate
• visual warning and signal system
• aerial line markers/power line markers
• telegraph pole/electrical asset protective hi-vis wraps (agricultural or construction industries).
   

These items are intended for isolated work situations, especially in remote locations, or where regular telecommunications are unavailable or unreliable. They aim to address the risks associated with working alone, particularly where workers may need to access emergency assistance.

Items include:

• emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) 
• two-way (2-way) radios
• personal duress alarm
• satellite phone
• site security device and system for commercial premise only (excluding closed circuit television (CCTV). For example:
  • barriers
  • security screen
  • security door to prevent unauthorised access to secure work area.
     

Items include:

• conveyer or elevator system
• dock levellers
• lifting device – manual, mechanical, hydraulic, vacuum or magnetic. For example:
  • conveyor system, for example gravity roller, motorised, belt conveyor
  • drum lifter
  • electric hoist
  • forklift attachment (not forklift vehicles)
  • hoist
  • hydraulic lifter
  • lifting hoist
  • pallet roller
  • patient handling/transfer device/rescue stretcher
  • tailgate lifter
  • trolley (stand-alone)
  • vacuum lifter.

Free-standing cranes and forklift vehicles are not eligible items under the small business rebate program.

Items include:

• backpack industrial equipment, for example industrial cleaning backpack vacuum
• livestock chute
• overhead shearing equipment.

Items include:

• elevated work platform, pallet leveller and industrial work platform that are designed to adjust and keep materials at waist level
• platform – adjustable loading.

Sit-stand office desks or office chairs are not eligible items under the small business rebate program.

Items include:

• tyre rim assembly/fitting guard
• reversing camera (standalone only, does not include dash cam)
• warning and safety light for traffic management
• vehicle recovery kit and equipment. Item should be compliant with relevant Australian or recognised technical standard where applicable. Bogged vehicle recovery kit must be correctly rated for the weight and type of vehicle involved. Vehicle recovery equipment include:
  • recovery cables
  • recovery chains
  • recovery dampeners
  • recovery dampers
  • recovery kit
  • recovery points such as header hitch plates or safety hitches
  • recovery straps
  • recovery strops
  • recovery winch
  • shackles or soft shackles for bogged vehicle or machine recovery.
     

Items include:

• emergency stop button such as alarm or shut down device
• lockout tagout (LOTO) kit and software management tool for LOTO kit (not including maintenance, annual fees or licensing)
• machine guarding, including fixed, interlocked, photoelectric and combination, height, slew and depth limiter on excavator.

Items include:

Items include:

• intake/exhaust system muffler for air tool/machinery
• specialised personal hearing protector compliant with AS1270 may be eligible as part of a hearing conservation program (AS/NZS 1269), such as specialised earmuffs or ear plugs (not in ear monitors). 

Important note on hearing protection

Additional requirements apply for hearing protection. You cannot apply for the rebate for this item unless you have tried eliminating or minimising the noise hazard by other means.

If you are considering specialised personal hearing protection and claiming a rebate, you must email us to discuss the technical requirements needed to support your application. Using hearing protection for workers against hazardous noise on a regular basis triggers a duty to provide audiometric testing for those workers.

Items include:

• air filtering or ventilation/exhaust system (not an air purifier) that efficiently remove hazardous airborne contaminants from the work environment. For example, exhaust extraction system for a silica dust vacuum, or a ventilation/exhaust system for hazardous chemicals and welding fume extractor/filter
• bunding or spill kit containment system
• chemical/dangerous goods (DG) storage cabinet (ANZS standard compliant)
• chemical delivery dispensing and/or siphoning system – closed and automatic
• dust suppression attachment for tools or machinery, such as water fed attachment for a grinder or polisher
• powered air purifying respirator (AS/NZS1716 compliant)
• vacuum cleaner for asbestos and hazardous dust with dust class level ‘H’ or 'M' filter, compliant with AS 60335.2.69:2003
• wire mesh secured enclosure for chemical storage. 
   

Items include sunshade protection structures for rural and outdoor work areas, including vehicle mounted awning and portable gazebo.

Temperature control equipment such as air conditioners are not eligible items under the small business rebate program.
 

A

• Aerial line markers/power line markers [On the job site]
• Agricultural drone (used in a primary producing farming operation with one or more of the following capabilities: spray, spread and/or visual capabilities) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Air filtering system or ventilation/exhaust system (not an air purifier) that efficiently removes hazardous airborne contaminants from the work environment. For example, exhaust extraction system for a silica dust vacuum, or a ventilation/exhaust system for hazardous chemicals and welding fume extractor/filter [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Animal management devices such as sliding segregation gate for livestock, cattle crush, lamb marking cradle, head bale, calf puller, cattle panels [On a farm]
• Anti-slip and surface treatment [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Anti-slip treading or matting, safe check plates or capping (industrial/commercial) [Anti-slip or trip items]

B

• Backpack industrial equipment [Carrying equipment and moving animals]
• Barricades for traffic management [On the job site]
• Barriers (physical restraint) and guard railing system such as edge protection, rails, screens, pit cover, open penetration, void protection [Falls from a height]
• Bollards for traffic management [On the job site]
• Bottom fill equipment for fuel tank [Falls from a height]
• Bunding for spills containment system [Chemicals and dangerous goods]

C

F

• Fencing (portable and lightweight) [Falls from heights]

G

• Gate – sliding segregation gate for livestock [On a farm]
• Gazebo – portable gazebo for sunshade protection [Sun exposure]
• Guard railing system or barrier (physical restraint) [Falls from a height]
• Guarding for tyre rim assembly or fitting [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks]

H

• Head bale [On a farm: animal management devices]
• Height, slew and depth limiter for excavator [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: machinery]
• Helmet – only available for quad bike/SSV safety [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles : on the farm]
• Hoist [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Hose (retractable) [Anti slip or trip items]
• Hydraulic lifter [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]

I

• Industrial cable management system (such as construction cable stands, industrial cable protectors) [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Industrial/commercial anti-slip treading or matting, safe check plates or capping [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Intake/exhaust system muffler for air tool/machinery [Hazardous noise]

L

• Ladders (portable industrial ladders not domestic). To be eligible for a rebate:
  • All industrial ladders must comply with the requirements of Australian Standard AS1892. Only ladders complying with the Australian Standard will be accepted under the small business rebate program.
  • Portable industrial ladders used in workplaces must have an industrial design service capability with a load rating of not less than 120kg.
  • Portable industrial ladders used in workplaces must incorporate a platform and hand or safety rail to provide a stable working position and assist in reducing the risk of falls.
  • Extension industrial ladders must be fitted with safety features including one or more of the following - roof and/or wall stabilisers; leg levellers.
  • Stock-picking industrial ladders (primarily used for warehousing applications) must be fitted with fully enclosed barriers around the platform and have locking mechanisms on the frame and wheels.
     [Falls from heights]

Important notes on ladders

• Step ladders are not eligible under the small business rebate program.
• Standard A-frame ladders without a platform and hand/safety rail are not eligible under the small business rebate program.
• standard extension ladders are not eligible under the small business rebate program.
   
• Lamb marking cradle [On a farm: animal management devices]
• Lifting device - manual, mechanical, hydraulic, vacuum or magnetic. This does not include forklifts or free standing cranes [Lifting objects, people or animals]
• Lifting hoist [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Lighting: [Improving working environment]
  • fixed entry or exit lighting or external security lighting on commercial premises 
  • portable or battery powered lighting, for example for construction or agriculture (not including decorative lighting, headlamps, torches or interior lighting.
• Livestock chute [Carrying equipment and moving animals]

• Lockout tagout (LOTO) kit and software management tool for LOTO kit (not including maintenance, annual fees or licensing) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: machinery]

   

M

• Machine guarding including fixed, interlocked, photoelectric or combination; height, slew and depth limiter on excavator) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: machinery]
• Machinery/plant – emergency stop buttons such as alarm or shut down device [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: machinery]

O

• Operator protective device (OPDs)/roll bar for quad bike [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Overhead shearing equipment [Carrying equipment and moving animals]

P

• Pallet roller [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Patient handling/transfer device/rescue stretcher [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Pedestrian crossing gate for traffic management on the job site [On the job site]
• Personal duress alarm [Isolated at work]
• Pit cover [Falls from a height]
• Platforms/steps (portable) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Platform – adjustable loading [Muscle strain and stress]
• Power line markers [On the job site]
• Power take-off guard for tractor [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Powered Air Purifying Respirator AS/NZS1716 compliant [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Power line markers/aerial line markers [On the job site]
• Protective structure for falling object [On-the-job site]

Q

• Quad bike operator protective device (OPD), roll bars (ATV Lifeguard and Quadbar Flexi™ [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Quad bike/side-by-side vehicle (SSV) safety: protective helmet compliant with AS/NZS 1698:2006, UNECE22.05 or NZS 8600:2002 [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]

R

• Radios (2-way; VHF-UHF) for isolated work [Isolated at work]
• Recovery cables [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery chains [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery dampeners [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery kit [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery points such as header hitch plate or safety hitch [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery straps [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery strops [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery winch [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Recovery rope [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Reversing camera – (standalone only – not including dash cams) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks]
• Rollover protective structure (ROP) for tractor [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Runover protective devices (tractors) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]

S

• Safety bar for wool press [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Satellite phone [Isolated at work]
• Scaffolding anti-tampering device [Falls from heights]
• Security barrier (commercial premises only) as part of a site security system [Isolated at work]
• Security door (commercial premises only) as part of a site security system [Isolated at work]
• Security screen (commercial premises only) as part of a site security system [Isolated at work]
• Shackles/soft shackles [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment] 
• Silo safety lid [Falls from a height]
• Site security device and system excluding closed circuit TV (CCTV) (for commercial premises only). For example security screen, barriers and security door to prevent unauthorised access to secure work areas [Isolated at work] 
• Slew limiter for excavator [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: machinery]
• Sliding segregation gate for livestock [On a farm: animal management devices]
• Soft shackles [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks: vehicle recovery kits/equipment]
• Specialised personal hearing protectors complying with AS1270 may be eligible as part of a hearing conservation program (AS/NZS 1269) such as specialised earmuffs or ear plugs (not in ear monitors) [Hazardous noise]
• Spill kit containment system [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Stair treads or capping [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Stair nosing [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Steps/stairs (retractable) [Anti-slip or trip items]
• Sunshade protection structure for rural and outdoor work area including vehicle mounted awning and portable gazebo. Excludes temperature control equipment such as air conditioners. [Sun exposure]

T

• Tailgate lifter [Lifting objects, people or animals : lifting devices]
• Telegraph pole/electrical asset wraps, protective high-visibility (agricultural or construction industry) [On the job site]
• Tractor power take-off guard [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Tractor roll-over protective structure (ROP) [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Tractor run-over protective device [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: on the farm]
• Traffic management tools – bollards, cones, barricades, convex mirrors, elevated walkway, pedestrian crossing gates [On-the-job site]
• Trolley (stand-alone) [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Two-way radios (2-way; VHF-UHF) for isolated work [Isolated at work]

V

• Vacuum cleaner (industrial backpack only) [Carrying equipment and moving animals]
• Vacuum cleaner for asbestos and hazardous dust with dust class level ‘H’ or ‘M’ filter and compliant with AS 60335.2.69:2003 [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Vacuum lifter [Lifting objects, people or animals: lifting devices]
• Vehicle recovery kits/equipment– where applicable items should be compliant with relevant Australian or recognised technical standards [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks]
• Ventilation, exhaust or extraction system (not air purifier) [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Visual warning and signal system [On the job site]
• Void protection [Falls from a height]

W

• Walkway (elevated) – pedestrian safety [On the job site]
• Warning and safety lights for traffic management [Moving machinery, plant or vehicles: vehicles and trucks]
• Wire mesh secured enclosure for chemical storage [Chemicals and dangerous goods]
• Work platforms – elevated/temporary such as platform - adjustable loading [Muscle strain and stress]