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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

Guarding on a mast climbing work platform.

This safety alert is to advise installers, owners and operators of mast climbing work platforms (MCWP) of the risks associated with erecting and dismantling MCWPs and how to best manage such risks through effective control measures.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Securing loading ramps for mobile plant

The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with not effectively securing loading ramps for mobile plant.

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

Haulotte elevating work platform failure

The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight risks associated with a failed cast steel linkage on an elevating work platform (EWP).

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Risks associated with lifting formwork

The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with lifting formwork and the need to make sure the lifting method is safe.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Mobile cranes with a free fall feature

The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the importance of correctly locking out the free fall controls on mobile cranes fitted with this feature.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Delivery and unloading of pre-cast panels

The purpose of this alert is to highlight the importance of safe delivery and unloading of pre-cast panels.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Awning collapse

The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with any awning that may collapse, and to raise awareness of the requirements for installing and maintaining awnings.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Obligations for guardrail systems

Stability requirements for telescopic handlers used as cranes

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Working around mobile plant during construction of roadworks and related infrastructure

The purpose of this alert is to highlight the hazards and risks to workers performing traffic management and road construction work on roadways, following two recent fatalities.

31 October 2014
Workplace health and safety alert

Air-conditioner installation

Safety alert to inform workers installing air-conditioning units about the risk of working on pressurised plant and to provide guidance on ways to control the risks of working on pressurised plant and ensure a safe system of work is followed.

31 October 2014