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  • Incident alert

    Serious falls from height at the Gold Coast

    There have been several recent falls from height at the Gold Coast which are being investigated by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

    4 September 2017
  • Incident alert

    Billboard workers overhead powerlines electric shock

    On 7 August 2017, two workers in an uninsulated elevating work platform contacted an 11 kV powerline with the six metre aluminium sail track they were reinstalling on a billboard. Both workers suffered a severe electrical shock and burns from contacting the high voltage lines.

    4 September 2017
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Dingli Australia elevating work platforms safety recall

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight a stability issue with some elevating work platform models manufactured by Dingli Australia.

    21 August 2017
  • 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

    Enriched air nitrox (EANx) compressor systems

    This safety alert highlights the dangers associated with the production of Nitrox, including the oxygen stick method.

    6 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

    Setting-up and dismantling of amusement rides

    There is a hazard when working directly underneath ride components that are only suspended by hydraulics or air pressure.

    21 March 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

    Managing drowning risks at publicly accessible pools

    Could you live with someone drowning on your watch? Swimming pools are used mainly by children and young people as an avenue for having fun. While the death of anyone from drowning is a tragedy, the death of a child or a young person is catastrophic. There are substantial penalties in the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Act) if it is found that a pool operator hasn't taken adequate steps to prevent a person drowning.

    6 January 2015