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Workplace health and safety alert
Roof collapse
The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight that sudden roof collapse can occur without warning. This alert provides guidance for building owners, schools, local government, building managers and body corporates about minimising the risk of roof collapse.
26 September 2017 -
Workplace health and safety alert
Impact protection for LPG cylinders
The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the importance of adequate impact protection for LPG cylinders and to remind gas work licence holders and LPG delivery network operators of their responsibilities.
26 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
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
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
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
Industrial rope access safety
The purpose of this alert is to highlight the risks associated with industrial rope access, particularly the methods used to clean the exterior windows of multi-story buildings.
31 October 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