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  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Stability of stacked material

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with stacked materials and to ensure a safe system of work is followed.

    30 June 2017
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Access hatches

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with removable access hatches.

    9 May 2017
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Truck and trailer ramps

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with powered ramps on trucks and trailers.

    20 March 2017
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Devices for latching open fuel dispensing nozzle at a service station

    Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) has become aware of a device being marketed to actively latch open a fuel nozzle. The product can be inserted into the nozzle handle during fuel filling operations to bypass the ‘dead man’s handle’ element of the bowser operation.

    17 November 2016
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Explosive conditions: grinding, cutting and welding (including pre-heating) from the inside or outside of confined spaces

    The purpose of this safety alert is to provide practical guidance to minimise health and safety risks associated with the danger of grinding, cutting and welding in, on and around confined spaces and compartments such as tanks, containers, vessels and other enclosed structures, which have contained flammable or combustible liquids.

    14 July 2015
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Bi-fold horizontal workshop doors

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential risks associated with the use of horizontal industrial bi-fold doors and the requirements for inspection, maintenance and testing.

    8 January 2015
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Truck mounted forklifts

    To alert all persons conducting a business or undertaking (whether as employer, self-employed person or worker), of the risk of failure of the "top mounting kit" when loading or unloading a Manitou forklift to and from the tray of trucks or trailers.

    1 December 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Non-compliant vehicle stands

    The purpose of this alert is to highlight the risks associated with using non-compliant vehicle stands.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Fire hazard of static electricity when handling flammable liquids

    The purpose of this safety alert is to inform people about the danger of igniting flammable liquids by static electricity and provide guidance on how to control static electricity when filling containers with flammable liquid at service stations.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Safe storage and transportation of gas cylinders in vehicles

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential dangers associated with the storage and transportation of flammable gas cylinders in confined spaces of vehicles.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Electrical risks to insulation installers

    The purpose of this safety alert is to inform people about the danger of installing insulation near electrical equipment in ceilings and provide guidance on how to control and identify a range of hazards found in ceilings.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Safe systems of work when using vehicle lifting devices

    The purpose of this alert is to highlight the importance of safe systems of work when performing maintenance on plant, following a fatality that occurred when a worker was replacing parts on a vehicle lifting device.

    31 October 2014