The obligation
PCBUs must manage risks from mobile plant (straddle carriers, RTGs, forklifts, reach stackers, ITVs) and damaged/poorly maintained equipment to prevent crush injuries, disabling injuries, and fatalities.
The code addresses hazards from working in and around mobile plant — including straddle carriers, internal transfer vehicles (ITVs), reach stackers, rubber tyred gantries (RTGs), and forklifts — as well as damaged or poorly maintained equipment such as ladders, electrical cables, ropes, stretched chains, and defective hooks. PCBUs must establish exclusion zones, traffic management plans, pre-operational checks, and maintenance regimes.
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- What
- PCBUs must manage risks from mobile plant (straddle carriers, RTGs, forklifts, reach stackers, ITVs) and damaged/poorly maintained equipment to prevent crush injuries, disabling injuries, and fatalities.
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- worksafe.wa.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Plant and mobile equipment safety requirements is a WHS requirement set out in Managing risks in stevedoring (WA). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA). The relevant provision is Managing risks in stevedoring > Specific Hazards > Plant and Equipment.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Plant and mobile equipment safety requirements is a WHS obligation under Managing risks in stevedoring (WA). In short, PCBUs must manage risks from mobile plant (straddle carriers, RTGs, forklifts, reach stackers, ITVs) and damaged/poorly maintained equipment to prevent crush injuries, disabling injuries, and fatalities.
What changed recently?
Plant and mobile equipment safety requirements was last updated on 27 August 2026.
