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Workers injured by front-end loader bucket
In July 2022, two workers were injured, one seriously, after being struck by a front-end loader bucket while working as part of a road maintenance team. Early enquiries indicate the two workers were attaching an aggregate spreader or ‘cockerel box’ to the rear of a tipper truck. The aggregate spreader was being manipulated into place using chains attached to the bucket of the front-end loader. After the workers attached the aggregate spreader to the truck, the front-end loader’s bucket unexpectedly detached striking both workers.
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Incident alert
Workers injured in formwork collapse
In June 2022, several concreters were injured after falling between three and four metres when a formwork deck collapsed at a construction site. Initial investigations indicate they were pouring a concrete slab for a mezzanine floor when for reasons yet to be established, the formwork system failed.
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Incident alert
Worker’s leg crushed by steel sheet dropped from crane
In August 2022, a worker’s leg was crushed by a steel sheet weighing approximately four tonnes. Investigations found he was attempting to move the sheet of steel from the back of a flatbed truck with an overhead travelling crane and lifting magnet attachment. For reasons not yet established, the sheet of steel became dislodged from the crane and dropped.
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Incident alert
Young worker struck by heavy timber sheets
In September 2022, a 17-year-old work experience student’s pelvis was fractured when a pack of heavy timber sheets fell onto him. The sheets were stacked on their edge and leaning against a wall. Early investigations found the boards weighed approximately 30kg each and the student was retrieving a cover board from the rear of the pack.
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Incident alert
Incidents involving contact with overhead powerlines
In September 2022, a worker was electrocuted when the metal frame he was holding contacted a high voltage overhead powerline at a construction site where a shed was being built. Initial enquiries indicate the metal frame was being moved onsite by a pick-and-carry mobile crane, when the worker attempted to prevent the metal frame striking a nearby vehicle. It was not known that the metal frame had made contact with an overhead powerline at the time.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Immersion pulmonary oedema risk when diving and snorkelling
The purpose of this safety alert is to inform businesses that provide diving and snorkelling activities of the risks of participants suffering from immersion pulmonary oedema.
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Incident alert
Snorkelling fatalities
In August 2022, a member of the public died while snorkelling. Investigations show he had been snorkelling from a tour operated vessel when the lifeguard spotted he was not moving. In September 2022, a member of the public became unresponsive and was declared deceased during a swim with the whales activity. Early investigations show she was snorkelling with a tour operator and holding onto a long rope. Also in September 2022, a member of the public became unresponsive and was declared deceased when she collapsed and lost consciousness after snorkelling. Early investigations show she had returned to the platform while snorkelling.
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Incident alert
Worker seriously injured in three metre fall from roof
In July 2022, a worker was seriously injured when he fell over 3m from a roof. Early investigations indicate he was removing asbestos roofing sheets and was lying on the roof facing downward when his body slipped and he fell head first off the roof.
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Incident alert
Worker seriously injured after being pulled under farm trailer
In August 2022, a worker was seriously injured after he was pulled underneath a trailer being used to harvest pineapples.
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Incident alert
Worker struck by truck body tray
In June 2022, a worker suffered serious facial and other injuries after being struck by a truck body tray that unexpectedly tipped towards him. Initial enquires indicate he was preparing the truck body tray, which was on trestles, for spray painting inside a booth. The worker was cleaning the top of a toolbox mounted on one side of the truck body tray and it appears the tray tipped and struck him. He subsequently fell on the concrete floor. Investigations are continuing.
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Incident alert
Worker seriously injured after fall from a ladder
In May 2022, a worker sustained significant injuries after falling from a ladder. Early investigations indicate he was assisting with the installation of roofing sheets on a house renovation. For reasons yet to be established, the worker fell from the ladder suffering fractured ribs, a scratched diaphragm and other injuries.