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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).
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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.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Capstan winches
This safety alert highlights the hazards involved when operating unguarded capstan winches on board commercial fishing vessels.
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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.
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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.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Obligations for guardrail systems
Stability requirements for telescopic handlers used as cranes
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Workplace health and safety alert
Safe operation of container sidelifters
The purpose of this alert is to inform all businesses and people who operate container sidelifters of the risk of injury when using this equipment to transfer a container from one vehicle to another.
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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.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Safety of amusement rides
This safety alert aims to highlight the potential risks associated with operating an amusement ride.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Concrete pumping pipeline risks
The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the issue of pipeline failure on concrete pumps, and to provide guidance on ways to minimise this risk.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Tractor roll over protective structure limitations
To alert plant owners/operators, including workers, employers, self employed persons and suppliers, of the circumstances that led to a tractor driver sustaining fatal injuries when the roll-over protective structure (ROPS) attached to the tractor failed during a roll-over incident on a sealed road.
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Workplace health and safety alert
Heavy vehicles and trailers hitting or crushing workers
To highlight the risks associated with workers being crushed or hit by heavy vehicles or trailers.