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  • Incident alert

    Scaffold collapse

    In a recent incident, approximately seventy metres of freestanding independent modular scaffolding (one level high) collapsed due to strong winds at a construction project.

  • Incident alert

    Worker seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle

    In 2024 a worker suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle at a construction project.

  • Incident alert

    Worker suffers electric shock and causes fire to property

    This year, a worker suffered an electric shock when lengths of roof guttering contacted an overhead powerline at a residential construction site.

  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Imported Asbestos Fire Door Core

    This safety alert relates to the detection of asbestos-containing Fire Rated Board (FRB) as a result of information provided the Australian Border Force (ABF).

  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Cantilevered crane loading platform drop

    This safety alert relates to the collapse of a retractable cantilevered crane loading platform and highlights risk control measures that should be applied to prevent similar incidents.

  • Incident alert

    Worker seriously injured by falling tree

    In a recent incident, a fauna spotter suffered serious injuries during land clearing works.

  • Incident alert

    Worker seriously injured in fall

    Earlier this year, a young worker suffered serious injuries when they fell from a retaining wall at a construction site.

  • Incident alert

    Two workers injured at construction site

    Earlier this year, two workers suffered severe burns following a flash fire at a construction site.

  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Mobile cranes and tree removal

    This safety alert highlights the danger involved when using mobile cranes, including vehicle loading cranes, to remove trees.

  • Incident alert

    Worker falls from forklift

    A worker has sustained serious injuries after falling from an elevated forklift.

  • Incident alert

    Workers exposed to hazardous chemical

    In 2024, two workers sustained chemical burns after being exposed to a hazardous chemical, liquid sodium hydroxide, which is commonly referred to as caustic soda.

  • Incident alert

    Serious injuries: overhead travelling cranes

    In 2024, a worker sustained serious crush injuries after being struck by a steel beam. In 2025, a worker sustained serious injuries when an Elevating Work Platform (EWP) fell over.