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Incident alert
Automotive mechanic run over by vehicle
On 9 January 2018, a worker was run over by a vehicle while servicing it on sloping ground. Early investigations indicate the worker was underneath the vehicle while the driver was sitting in the cab with the engine running. It appears the vehicle has then moved forward unexpectedly and run over the mechanic. The injured man was then transported to Rockhampton Base Hospital for treatment.
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Incident alert
Worker fatally crushed by elevating work platform
In December 2017, a 22 year old worker was killed while operating a boom elevating work platform (EWP) on a construction site. The EWP basket was approximately 8-10 metres in the air being lowered when it caught on a steel support beam, causing two wheels of the EWP to lift off the ground.
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Incident alert
Worker fatally crushed while unloading forklift from a trailer
In November 2017, a worker was killed when a forklift fell from the loading ramps of a flatbed trailer while it was being unloaded, crushing him. At this stage, it is not clear what caused the forklift to fall off the ramps and investigations are continuing.
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Incident alert
Agriculture mobile plant roll-over fatalities
In December 2017, a worker on a Tamborine Mountain avocado farm was killed when a single seat ride on mower being driven by another worker rolled over on a steep slope and crushed her. A few weeks before, a worker was killed when the tractor he was driving went over the edge of a steep embankment on a banana farm in North Queensland.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Installation of shoring boxes and other trench support systems
The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risk of trench collapse when a shoring box, or any other trench support system, does not extend for the full depth of the trench. Shoring boxes are also known as trench shields or drag boxes.
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Incident alert
Worker burnt in fuel vapour explosion
A young worker was draining the fuel system of a boat when residual fuel that had collected in the bilge of the boat caught fire. He sustained significant burns to his arm, face, nose and throat requiring hospital treatment.
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Incident alert
Worker killed by exploding wheel and tyre
A worker was killed in October 2017 after being struck in the face by an exploding wheel and tyre. Initial inquiries indicate that the worker attempted to weld up a small leak in the truck wheel, whilst the tyre was still pressurised.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Public spa pools
Workplace health and safety alert for public spa pools.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Multi-cutters and other discs on power tools and air tools
To highlight hazards associated with the use of multi-cutters and grinding or cutting discs fitted on power tools and air tools.
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Incident alert
Worker’s skull fractured by tree branch
In October 2017, a tree lopper was hit by a branch cut by another worker in an elevating work platform approximately 8-10 metres above him. The worker was wearing a helmet and was struck in the head, fracturing his skull. He is being monitored in an intensive care unit.
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Incident alert
Worker killed on cane rail siding
In October 2017, a driver’s assistant was struck and killed by rolling stock on a cane rail siding. She left the locomotive to activate points during a shunting sequence, allowing the train to leave the main track and enter the middle loop. She then gave instruction for the train to push empty cane bins into the middle loop.