Under Managing the work environment and facilities · made under Work Health and Safety Act 2020

Managing the physical work environment — layout, lighting, ventilation, heat and cold

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WA · Workplace Environment Work Environment > Physical Hazards

The obligation

PCBUs must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, safe layout, work space, floors and surfaces, lighting, ventilation and conditions for work in extremes of heat or cold.

Lighting must enable each worker to work safely, people to move around safely and safe evacuation in an emergency. Workplaces must be ventilated so work can be carried out without risk to health and safety; fresh, clean air should be drawn from outside and circulated through the workplace. Ventilation may be natural, mechanical, standalone air-conditioning or part of an HVAC system. …

What: PCBUs must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, safe layout, work space, floors and surfaces, lighting, ventilation and conditions for work in extremes of heat or cold.
Source: worksafe.wa.gov.au

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Which WHS law does this come from?

Managing the physical work environment — layout, lighting, ventilation, heat and cold is a WHS requirement set out in Managing the work environment and facilities (WA). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA). The relevant provision is Work Environment > Physical Hazards.

What does this WHS obligation require?

Managing the physical work environment — layout, lighting, ventilation, heat and cold is a WHS obligation under Managing the work environment and facilities (WA). In short, PCBUs must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, safe layout, work space, floors and surfaces, lighting, ventilation and conditions for work in extremes of heat or cold.

What changed recently?

Managing the physical work environment — layout, lighting, ventilation, heat and cold was last updated on 19 October 2026.

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Managing the work environment and facilities Work Health and Safety Act 2020 Western Australia Australia

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First seenOct 2026