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Worker fatally injured after falling through skylight panel
In October 2023, a worker was seriously injured after falling nearly 4m through a polycarbonate skylight to the concrete floor below. Initial enquiries indicate he was applying sealant to air conditioning ducts on the roof as part of an air conditioning installation.
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Incident alert
Amputation and crush injuries from fixed plant and machinery
In May 2023, a worker’s hand was injured while he was repairing a knocking box (used to stun livestock). Early investigations indicate his hand contacted the cradle and was partially amputated. In July 2023, another worker suffered a crush injury to her arm while working on a foot-operated de-nailing machine that removes the nails of the beast from the hock. At this stage of the investigation, it’s unclear what the worker was doing when her arm was drawn between the rollers and crushed. Also in July 2023, a worker’s hand was crushed in a plate rolling machine. The worker was using the plate roller to roll metal rings when, for reasons yet to be established, their hand was drawn into the cylinder rollers.
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Incident alert
Worker struck by mobile crane hook block
In February 2023, a worker was injured after being struck by a hook block after it fell approximately eight metres from a mobile crane. Early investigations indicated the crane operator had begun telescoping the jib outwards when for reasons yet to be established, the main hook block contacted the head of the boom (commonly known as ‘two-blocking’) which led to the failure of the main hoist rope.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Press brake – Failure and ejection of high tensile steel plate
The purpose of this safety alert is to demonstrate the risks of working with press brakes when forming high tensile or high strength steel (HSS) plates.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Hung scaffold collapse
This safety alert discusses the collapse of a hung (drop) scaffold and risk control measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Formwork collapse
This safety alert discusses a formwork collapse and risk control measures that should be applied to help prevent formwork collapse.