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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.

    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

    Obligations for guardrail systems

    Stability requirements for telescopic handlers used as cranes

    31 October 2014
  • 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.

    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

    Plate clamps and dropping loads

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the risks associated with plate clamps used to lift loads, and to provide guidance on ways to use plate clamps safely.

    31 October 2014
  • 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.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Safety of amusement rides

    This safety alert aims to highlight the potential risks associated with operating an amusement ride.

    31 October 2014
  • 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.

    31 October 2014
  • 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.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Insulation - installing ceiling insulation and your health and safety

    Effective 1 November 2009, all Queensland insulation installers, whether or not operating under the Australian Government's Home Insulation Scheme, will be required to take additional electrical safety measures as provided in the Electrical Safety (Installation of Ceiling Insulation) Notice 2009, to protect themselves and Queensland householders. Non-compliance is a breach of electrical safety obligations - significant penalties apply.

    31 October 2014
  • Workplace health and safety alert

    Gas Struts

    The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential risks associated with the use of gas struts.

    31 October 2014