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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.
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Incident alert
Worker seriously injured by slicing machine
In December 2022, a worker suffered serious lacerations and broken bones to all four fingers on one hand from a slicing machine blade. Early investigations revealed the machine was used to slice dry meat products. It appears the worker was cleaning waste material from an area next to the blade with a guard raised. Investigations are continuing.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Excavation face and tilt-up panel collapse
This safety alert highlights the risk of collapse of excavation faces and the associated risk of collapse of surrounding structures. The principles in this alert can also be applied to any natural earth or rock face where there is a risk of collapse and workers may be at risk (i.e. a structure being constructed next to a natural face that may be unstable).
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Incident alert
Worker killed in farm ute rollover
In December 2022, a farm worker was fatally injured while travelling as a passenger in a farm ute. Early investigations indicate the worker was sitting in the passenger seat when for reasons yet to be established, the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over.
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Incident alert
Worker sustained fatal injuries from tractor rollover
In November 2022, a worker sustained fatal crush injuries when he was ejected from a tractor and trapped underneath as it rolled over. Early investigations indicate that the worker was not wearing a seat belt when driving the tractor along a road while hauling an empty sugar cane bin. For reasons yet to be established, the tractor has overturned and rolled onto its roof. Investigations are continuing.
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Incident alert
Operators killed by mobile plant
In October 2022, a young worker was killed after being struck by the road roller he had been operating. For reasons yet to be established, it appears the young worker has hopped off the road roller and was then struck by it.
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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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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.