Safety Alerts

Konecranes’ branch earns its first safety award

KONECRANES new WA South West branch has won its first Alcoa Pinjarra contractor group safety award in the first year of the branch being established near the alumina refinery, located 90 km south of Perth.


Faulty EWP leads to permanent injury

THE owner of a Broome resort has been fined $60,000 over an incident in 2006 that left an employee permanently disabled. Soon after the Squirrel motor was restarted, the EWP began to shudder, became unstable and toppled over. An inspection concluded that at the time of the incident the EWP could not be used safely because of its poor condition.


Program reduces hand injuries

WHILE hand injuries continue to affect the welfare of construction workers and reduce productivity, Bovis Lend Lease has shown that a commitment to safety issues can achieve positive results. According to Peter Marix Evans, Bovis Lend Lease Australias Head of Environment Health and Safety, the companys single greatest priority is health and safety.


Victoria’s death toll rises with two young workers dead in 24 hours

Victoria is facing a horror end of 2009 with the deaths of two young workers in 24 hours. A 24 year old man died at Rutherglen after being hit by the attachment on a hose belonging to a concrete pump while a 21 year old who suffered a fatal electric shock at Stawell.


West Gate Bridge collapse anniversary takes fourth life in nine days

A construction worker died recently after being struck on the head by a hose from a concrete pump at the former Pentridge Prison at Coburg, Victoria. The 46-year-old man was smoothing concrete when a concrete pump slipped sidewards when supports sunk into the ground.


Hidden construction injuries have the biggest cost

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a concerted assault on the state's biggest source of workplace injuries which cost the community $600 million dollars a year in medical treatment and rehabilitation bills. 3 comments


Safety alert for counterweights on mobile plant

A worker was recently killed in Brisbane when a 10.5t counterweight fell from the back of a mobile drilling rig. Apparently, an attempt was being made to remove the counterweight whilst the plant was being prepared for transport.


Safety Show to reveal how NSW workplaces will be affected by new OHS laws

Visitors to The Safety Show Sydney and Sydney Materials Handling will hear how safety in NSW will change when the state's occupational health and safety law follows a new national Model Act.


New 'cancer smart' ways for builders

Brookfield Multiplex has launched a range of 'cancer smart' initiatives on-site to coincide with the NSW Cancer Council's annual fundraiser Daffodil Day. The initiatives aim to encourage construction workers to incorporate 'cancer smart' procedures into their working day, such as the provision of protective sunscreens and sun hats.


Like OHS, gravity is a law too

A fundamental safety flaw - failing to install temporary bracing - led to the collapse of the steel frame for a warehouse during strong winds in Laverton, Victoria.


Baulderstone pushes for zero harm at work

The company aims to build a positive safety culture in workplaces to help reduce the number and seriousness of workplace health and safety incidents.


Watpac deploys ComOps safety reporting system

Software provider ComOps to implement its risk management reporting system at Watpac allowing the construction company to act in cases where safety performance may not be up to the stringent levels required.


Show puts safety into action in Sydney

Manual handling, bullying, compliance and safe work at heights workshops plus the latest workplace safety products and services await visitors to The Safety Show Sydney.


Engineering company fined $72,000 for apprentice death

Diemould Tooling Services, an Adelaide engineering firm, has been convicted and fined $72,000 over safety failings which led to the death of an 18 year old first year apprentice.


Three companies and an executive officer charged over scaffold collapse

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland has laid charges against three companies and an executive officer following an investigation into the deaths of two Gold Coast workers last year.


WorkSafe to examine safety in WA's mid-west

WorkSafe will conduct an inspection program of construction sites in the mid-west region of Western Australia next month.


Mixed reviews on national OHS system

A national system of workplace safety laws will be implemented in Australia after state and territory governments recently agreed to harmonise their laws.


Basic safety failing costs crane company $70,000

Huntingdale Mobile Cranes has been fined $70,000 and put future contracts at risk for failing to ensure that simple safety checks were done.


Changes to the Scheme

Some building works funded under the Nation Building and Jobs Plan do not require the application of the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme, as of May 19, 2009.


Man left paraplegic when demolition job goes wrong

Safety shortcuts which left a man paraplegic and another in hospital for nearly a month has resulted in two related companies being fined a total of $45,000.


Construction company fined $65,000 over injury to labour hire worker

Abigroup Contractors has been fined $65,000 after a labour hire worker was injured on a Townsville construction site in October, 2007.


Forklift driver fined $5.600

A forklift driver has been fined and ordered to undertake a formal assessment of his competence to operate a forklift following an incident in which a visiting stock controller was fatally injured in a fall at Paskeville, South Australia, in 2006.


WA inspections look at dust, fumes and fibres

This April, WorkSafe will conduct a targeted inspection campaign on dusts, fumes and fibres in workplaces throughout Western Australia.


Ensuring scaffolding safety

The suspension and security of scaffolding has come into question this year with a number of incidences occurring across the country.


Risk the focus at Safety conference

A Safety in Action Conference based around risk management will be held in Melbourne between March 31 and April 2.


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