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Recent HazardCo System Updates

This article highlights key improvements made to the HazardCo Health and Safety system

Updated over a week ago

2026 Updates

New Project Ordering Experience

  • Project drafts: Drafts are automatically saved as you go so you can pick up right where you left off

  • Project Templates: Create reusable project templates directly during setup, or build templates from scratch without ordering a project

  • Custom Hazards and Controls: Add and save your own hazards, add your own controls to predefined hazard categories when creating and editing safety plans

  • Updated safety plan content and PDF documents: Completely rebuilt SSSP documents across NZ, AU, and UK. Updated content reviewed by our in-house H&S Advisory team to meet latest legislative requirements, with refreshed PDF layouts.

  • Branded safety plans: our company logo now appears on all safety plans (SSSPs and CPPs) extending branding from reports to your full project documentation.

  • Edit Safety Plans: Update any part of your safety plans directly from the Hub and have the updates automatically published to the App and available to all on-site workers.

  • Purchase Additional Products: Order replacement boards, emergency boxes, and QR codes directly from your project overview

  • Project Dashboards: Quickly see how your projects H&S compliance is tracking from the project overview

  • Project Upgrades: Upgrade existing projects directly from the project overview screen

Create and Edit Reports in the Hub

Manage safety reports directly from the Hub:

  • Create Reports from the Hub: All the same report types available in the App can now be created in the Hub, ideal for setting up SWMS/TA/RAMS in advance from the office

  • Edit Submitted Reports: Correct errors or add detail to any report after it's been submitted. No need to contact support.

  • Report Templates: Save and manage reusable report templates directly in the Hub

  • Report Drafts: In progress reports are automatically saved as drafts as you work on them allowing you to return to finish them later

  • Request Signatures: Send SWMS/RAMS/TA documents for review and signing from the Hub

App Enhancements

  • View Team Members' Reports: See reports submitted by your team members in the App

  • Push Notifications for Noticeboard Messages: Users scanned into a site receive push notifications when noticeboards are updated

  • Tasks on site details: the ability to see tasks linked to a site from the app's site details screen

New Report Types

  • RAMS with Risk Matrix (UK): Risk Assessment Method Statement with a 5-point risk matrix for more detailed risk evaluation

  • CoSHH Assessment (UK): Control of Substances Hazardous to Health assessment for UK customers

  • Incident Investigation (AU): Incident investigation report now available for Australian customers

Integration Enhancements

  • BuildXact and Procore: Expanded to sync all HazardCo report types with these construction management tools


2025 Updates

Company Logo Uploads and Branded Reports

Upload your company logo in the Hub and it will be added to all of your H&S documentation created in the App and Hub.

24/7 AI-powered chat support

  • Available in the Hub and App

App Enhancements

  • Edit Reports: Edit previously submitted reports directly from My Reports in the App

  • Noticeboard Management: Add, edit, and delete noticeboard messages from the App

  • Create Templates from Submitted Reports: Save previously submitted SWMS/TA/RAMS as a template directly from My Reports for reuse in the future

  • Update Your Profile: Edit your profile details directly from the App

Contractor Management Enhancements

  • Simplified Pre-qualification Invitations: Streamlined process requiring only email entry β€” system automatically reminds and guides users through pre-qual acceptance and completion

  • Improved Visibility of Pre-qual Progress: Better visibility of the status of pre-qual requests sent to contractors, including whether the invite has been accepted and the pre-qual started

  • Improved Contractor Information Panel: Improved visibility of critical information about your contractors from the contractors list

  • Self-Service Pre-qual Document Management: Contractors can delete and update their pre-qualification documents such as insurances by themselves

Data Management

  • Export Capabilities: New ability to export Incident and Contractor data from the Hub

  • Auto-Save Pre-qualification Progress: Pre-qualification forms now automatically save as you complete them

Performance Improvements

  • Faster report retrieval and improved response times when accessing reports in the Hub

  • Accelerated document loading in both App and Hub

  • Improved access and quicker response times for UK users

  • Reduced PDF report file sizes for better email compatibility while maintaining image quality

User Experience Upgrades

  • Sort Your Data: Added sorting functionality to Documents and Team member tables in the Hub

  • Mobile Optimisation: Enhanced readability of all pre-qualification form content on mobile devices

  • Improved Site Document Management: Manage site document visibility from the App with the ability to delete and hide documents

  • Full Text Display: Improved visibility of work task steps when reviewing SWMS/TA/RAMS

  • Reorder Work Tasks: Ability to reorder work tasks for SWMS/TA/RAMS

  • Credentials as PDF: Credentials uploaded in PDF format

New Reports and Forms

All NZ Customers

  • TA with Risk Matrix (NZ): Task Analysis with Risk Matrix for a more detailed risk evaluation

  • Ladder Checklist

  • Incident Investigation

Ag & Hort Premium & Complete Customers

  • Task Analysis with specific hazards, equipment, and controls relevant to Ag & Hort settings

  • Safety Review

Manufacturing Premium & Complete Customers

  • Task Analysis with specific hazards, equipment, and controls relevant to Manufacturing settings

  • Safety Walkaround

Australian Premium & Complete Customers

  • SWMS with Risk Matrix

  • Pool Projects: New project type for Australian pool builders with Project Plus functionality

UK Customers

  • Pre-starts

  • Toolbox Talks

  • Health and Safety Reviews

Content Updates

  • SWMS Templates for Australia:

    • New: Traffic Control, Work carried out on or near energised electrical installations, Work carried out on or near pressurised gas

    • Updated: Bricklaying, Rendering, Concrete work, Tiling, Plastering, Roof tiling, and Wall cladding

  • Task Analysis for New Zealand: Updated Hazard and Equipment lists

  • Policy & Procedure Updates: Revised content for Australia and New Zealand

  • Pre-qual Updates: Revised content for Australia and New Zealand

  • Updated induction content across all markets

  • Australian SSSP content refreshed to address bullying, harassment, and discrimination requirements


2024 Updates

  • New App Features:

    • Offline Functionality: Create reports and tasks without internet access.

    • Enhanced Reporting Tools: Updated Incident Reports, SWMS, Task Analysis, Toolbox Meetings, Risk Assessments, Site Reviews, and Vehicle Checklists.

    • Photo Uploads: Increased capacity for photo uploads in reports.

    • Task Management: Ability to create tasks directly from any report.

    • My Reports: Enhanced feature to view all reports from within the App.

    • People on site: See who is scanned on site, view their profile, certifications and mark users as left site

    • Document management: Access all your health and safety documents from the app, upload and share docs while scanned on site

    • Pre-start checklists: Quick and easy checklists to complete before using machinery to ensure safety, prevent accidents, and maintain efficient operation.

  • Contractor Management Improvements:

    • Streamlined Pre-qualification Process: Simplified steps for contractors to respond to pre-qualification requests.

    • Reminders: Additional prompts for contractors to complete pre-qualification.

    • Document updates:

      • Ability to download PDF versions of pre-qualification documents

      • Improved visibility of contractor document status, including insurances and policies.
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  • Health & Safety Content Updates for Australia and New Zealand:

    • SSSP's (Site Specific Safety Plans)

    • Policy & Procedures

    • New templates: SWMS, Traffic Management Plan, Site Security Checklists, CSS Processing Risk Assessment & Crystalline Silica Control Plan


2023 Updates

  • New Features:

    • Complete plan:

      • Contractor Management and Pre-qualification tools

    • Task Management to create, assign, and track tasks from the Hub & App

    • Integrations for streamlined project management:

      • Buildxact

      • Procore

    • Certification management:

      • Ability to upload, share and view Trade certifications in Hub & App

      • Email notifications when certifications are expiring

    • Multi-account access and company switching in Hub & App

    • Health and safety notifications:

      • Daily scan in summary email notification

      • Upload your white card in-app notification

      • Scan in without a white card email notification

    • RAMS (Risk Assessment Method Statement) for UK customers
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  • Health & Safety Content Updates for Australia and New Zealand:

    • SSSP's (Site Specific Safety Plans)

    • Policy & Procedures

    • Site reviews, SWMS, risk assessments, and inductions

  • New Hub Templates:

    • New Zealand:

      • Prestart checklists for scaffolding, heavy machinery, electrical tools, EWP, fall arrest, forklifts, Hot Work Permit, Property Emergency Plan, Hazardous Substances Inventory

    • Australia:

      • Standard Operating Procedure, Health & Safety Checklist, Emergency evacuation drills, ladder checklists, manual handling assessments, hazard/risk registers, Client Health & Safety requirements when on-site, Training Needs Analysis & Training Register, Electrical Test & Tag Register and more.

  • Performance improvements

    • Faster loading times for projects, reports, and documents in Hub & App


2022 Updates

  • New Features:

    • Help centre

    • H&S dashboards

    • Task analysis feature for New Zealand customers

    • Project document sharing

    • H&S templates including confined space permit, incident registers, and more

    • Free user registration and trial options for new users.


2021 Updates

  • New Features:

    • Project Plus: Unlock your health and safety system for everyone that scans on to your site

    • Contractor management enhancements

    • Digital signatures for SWMS.

  • Integrations:

    • Cactus integration for NZ users for insurance options.

    • FieldPulse integration for Australian users for seamless job and SWMS management.

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