SafeWork NSW's code for moving plant on construction sites took effect on 12 December 2025. It names AI camera technology as an engineering control. Invigilo runs it on the cameras your site already has.
Approved under section 274 of the NSW WHS Act 2011. Courts may treat it as evidence of what is reasonably practicable. "Must" means a legal requirement; "should" means recommended.
SafeWork NSW: Code of Practice, Moving plant on construction sites (PDF, December 2025)
Section 3.3 lists "camera / laser technology with AI integration" and "exclusion zone alert technology" among the engineering controls to consider.
The code: A system to stop plant when people on foot enter.
On your cameras: Person-in-zone alert to the supervisor in under a second.
The code: Verify that workers stay out of hazardous zones.
On your cameras: Every entry logged with time and clip, on every shift.
The code: Monitor SWMS compliance and take corrective action.
On your cameras: Each detection becomes a finding, assigned and closed.
The code: Keep workers out from under suspended loads.
On your cameras: Person-under-load alert.
The code: High visibility clothing as a minimum.
On your cameras: Missing hi-vis and hard hat detection.
The code: Check that controls work, and review them.
On your cameras: Breach trends by zone and shift for each review.
Barriers, plant-mounted cameras, sensors and spotters all stay. AI watches the zones they create and keeps the record. It alerts people and does not stop plant by itself.
No. It lists them among engineering controls to consider. The duty is to eliminate or minimise moving plant risk so far as is reasonably practicable.
It commenced on 12 December 2025 and replaces the 2004 code.
Usually yes, if they stream over RTSP or ONVIF. Plant-mounted cameras and sensors stay in place.
The Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 requires notice to workers, so check your camera notices cover it. There is no facial recognition.
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