---
title: Create a Health and Safety knowledge article
description: Create a safety-related knowledge article in the Health and Safety Workspace to share information across your organization.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-core/hs-create-safety-knowledge-article.html
release: australia
product: Health and Safety Core
classification: health-and-safety-core
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage safety knowledge articles, Use, Health and Safety Core, Health and Safety, Employee Service Management]
---

# Create a Health and Safety knowledge article

Create a safety-related knowledge article in the Health and Safety Workspace to share information across your organization.

## Before you begin

Role required: agent\_workspace\_user

## About this task

For detailed information on authoring and managing knowledge articles in a workspace, see [Authoring a knowledge article in Agent Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/managing-knowledge-workspace.md).

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Health and Safety Workspace**.

2.  Select the configuration icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-config.png"\] Alt text: Configuration icon\).

3.  In the **Configuration** tab, select **Knowledge** and then **All**.

4.  Select **New**.

    To edit an existing article, open the one that you want to edit.

5.  In the Create article dialog box, select an article template to create a knowledge article using defined fields and values.

    1.  In the **Knowledge base** field, select the **Safety** knowledge base.

    2.  In the **Article template** field, select the desired article template.

        The Article template list is populated based on the article templates configured for the selected knowledge base.

    3.  Select **Create article**.

6.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    For information on the knowledge field descriptions, see [Create a knowledge article in Agent Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/create-article-workspace.md).

7.  Select **Save**.

    -   The article is saved and appears in the **My Articles - Unpublished** list.
    -   Additional tabs appear on the form.
8.  Add details to the article, if necessary.

9.  Select **Publish** to publish the article and make it available to employees.


## Result

The knowledge article appears in a **Knowledge** list under **Configuration**:

-   When published, it appears in the **My Articles - Published** list and the **All Articles** list. Published articles are visible to all employees.
-   When unpublished, it appears in the **My Articles - Unpublished** list and the **All Articles** list.

**Parent Topic:**[Managing safety knowledge articles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-core/hs-managing-safety-knowledge-articles.md)