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Four Hurt in Concrete Pump Accident(Post)
Trucks concrete pump explodes in Melbourne's CBD. Four workers were injured on a construction site on Bourke Street yesterday morning after a truck's concrete pump exploded.Emergency ...
Concrete placing equipment incidents prompt SafeWork warning(Post)A recent string of concrete placing equipment incidents has prompted SafeWork NSW to issue a reminder to concreters to conduct regular inspections and testing of equipment.Acting Head of SafeWork Joh ...
Construction safety blitz focuses on unsafe concreting practices (Post)Over the next three months, SafeWork NSW inspectors will be conducting a construction safety blitz targeting unsafe concreting practices.Minister for Fair Trading Eleni Petinos said an estimated ...
Vic concrete manufacturer fined for near miss workplace incident(Post)A Victorian concrete manufacturer has been fined $35,000 over a workplace incident where concrete fell from a crane, narrowly missing two workers.WorkSafe Victoria said two workers were removing a fi ...
Man struck by 500kg of damp concrete at Sydney construction site(Post)A man has been transported to the hospital following an incident in which he was allegedly struck by 500 kilograms of wet concrete that fell at a Sydney construction site.The 38-year-old man was stru ...
Crush incident results in considerable safety costs for SA concrete manufacturer(Post)A South Australian concrete manufacturing company has pledged to implement safety improvements totaling more than $462,000 following an incident that resulted in a worker losing two fingertips.Last m ...
Victorian concrete company faces charges after fatal safety breach(Post)WorkSafe has filed charges against a concrete company after a worker died at a Melbourne construction site two years ago.The man died after the concrete boom pump he was operating fell on him in May ...
Melbourne concrete pumping company penalised following deadly boom pump malfunction(Post)A Melbourne-based concrete pumping company was recently found guilty and ordered to pay $50,000 in fines following an incident where a worker was fatally struck by a broken concrete boom pump.Th ...
NHVR issues exemption notice allowing short work breaks for concrete agitator drivers(Post)The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has recently issued an exemption notice allowing concrete agitator drivers to take a short work break while sitting in the driver’s seat of a loaded truck ...
Safety Blitz and our Top Three Questions(Post)Safework NSW targeting unsafe concreting practicesSafeWork NSW has stated that they will be cracking down on unsafe concreting practices over the next three months, and we want all of our readers to ...
Friday 12th March 2021(Post)CSIRO to spend $1.5 million on safety improvements. In June 2017, an explosion occurred at a CSIRO laboratory when an experiment involving sawdust was heated at pressure using hydrogen gas in an ...
