Skip to content
1300 362 128
Menu
1300 362 128

Alerts

Filter by Alert type
Alert type
Filter by Industry
Industry
Selected filters

Showing 157-168 of 231 results with 1 filter

Choose a sort order
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Immediate action required to prevent exposure to silica for engineered stone benchtop workers

    This alert is to highlight the significant health risks caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) for workers in engineered stone benchtop manufacturing, finishing and installation industries.

    18 September 2018
  • Incident alert

    Worker killed in fall from air-conditioning duct

    In August 2018, a worker was killed after falling twelve metres onto a concrete floor. Early investigations indicate he was undertaking scheduled maintenance of air-conditioning ducts and was in the fresh air intake pre-conditioned outside air (PCOA) unit. A co-worker returned to the area and found a void where a floor grate had been. He looked through the void and saw his colleague on the concrete floor below. This particular PCOA is the only vent open to external, often hot and humid air, and as such is a high corrosion area. Investigations are continuing.

    6 September 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Support of mobile plant on outriggers

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential risks associated with inadequate support under outrigger feet on mobile plant – particularly on poor ground, including fill.

    6 August 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Stair module failures on scaffolding

    A number of incidents have occurred in Queensland where modular scaffolding stair units have dropped or stair treads have failed.

    6 August 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Concrete wall panels

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential risks associated with the installation of concrete wall panels and to focus on systems to help prevent panels falling over. This alert applies to both pre-cast and tilt-up wall panel erection.

    3 August 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Ladder platform brackets

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with attaching ladder platform brackets onto ladders.

    3 August 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Counterweights on mobile plant

    The purpose of this safety alert is to: inform workers about the hazard of falling counterweights when fitting or removing them on mobile plant, and provide guidance on design, fitting, work system and training issues to reduce the risk of anyone being injured or killed by falling counterweights on mobile plant during their fitting or removal.

    3 August 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Safe filling of portable aluminium alloy cylinders

    The purpose of this alert is to inform all businesses and people who fill aluminium alloy cylinders of the risks of death and injury from cylinder explosion.

    31 July 2018
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Potential for explosion of aluminium alloy oil/water separators fitted to high pressure air compressors

    Workplace health and safety alerts for owners and users of Bauer high pressure air compressors

    31 July 2018
  • Incident alert

    Lift motor falls down shaft injuring workers

    In June 2018, two workers were injured when a lift motor being moved in a shaft fell and dislodged scaffolding they were standing on. One fell approximately three metres injuring his shoulder. Investigations are continuing.

    24 July 2018
  • Incident alert

    Workers foot amputated in screw conveyor

    In July 2018, a worker was cleaning a decanter when he stepped back through an open grate into an operating screw conveyor, which amputated his foot just above his ankle.

    24 July 2018
  • Incident alert

    Workers hand crushed by mobile piling rig

    In June 2018, a worker’s hand was crushed when a mobile piling rig he was operating in crane mode rolled over. The operator was part of a team replacing a wooden railway bridge. Initial inquiries indicate that the piling rig was carrying a load across the tracks when it rolled over on to its side, squashing the cab and crushing his hand. Investigations are continuing.

    20 July 2018