Articles tagged with 'workplace-health-and-safety-queensland'

Safety alert for counterweights on mobile plant

21 September 2009 | 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.


Three companies and an executive officer charged over scaffold collapse

9 June 2009 | 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.