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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).
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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.
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Incident alert
Worker seriously injured by falling tree
In a recent incident, a fauna spotter suffered serious injuries during land clearing works.
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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.
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Incident alert
Two workers injured at construction site
Earlier this year, two workers suffered severe burns following a flash fire at a construction site.
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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.
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Incident alert
Worker falls from forklift
A worker has sustained serious injuries after falling from an elevated forklift.
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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.
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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.
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Incident alert
Mobile plant incident - serious leg injury
A young worker sustained significant crush injuries to the lower leg while trapped between a vehicle and its trailer.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Piling rig concrete pumping hose whip fatality
This safety alert highlights the risk of hose whip when compressed air is used to clean flexible concrete delivery hoses fitted to piling rigs with auger attachments. Additionally, it discusses the significant risks associated with the use of compressed air to clean any concrete delivery line and describes a number of risk control measures.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Tower crane hoist rope termination assembly failure
This safety alert highlights the risk of hoist rope termination assembly failures on tower cranes and how to avoid similar incidents.