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What is a Scaffold: Hazards, Standards, and Installation of Scaffolding(Post)
Scaffolding Explained A scaffold is a movable or temporary platform that provides workers access to a work area when working at a height above the floor or ground. They are erected using scaffolding ...
One injured in Dunedin scaffolding fall(Post)One person was transported to hospital after reportedly falling from scaffolding in Dunedin.It is understood the person fell 4 metres from scaffolding on Friday morning.The person was taken to D ...
Queensland worker injured in scaffolding fall(Post)A construction worker is recovering in hospital after falling from scaffolding on the Gold Coast.The man reportedly fell about four meters off scaffolding at a construction site in Southport on Wedne ...
Fall from scaffolding triggers safety warning(Post)Construction workers have been warned not to modify scaffolding if they are not authorised to do so following an incident in which a worker fell through a void they had created at a Darwin constructi ...
Worker killed in Auckland scaffolding collapse(Post)Emergency services were called to an Auckland construction site on Monday morning after scaffolding collapsed, trapping a worker. Ambulance paramedics were called to the incident just before 8.30 am.
SafeWork SA issues scaffolding collapse safety warning(Post)Three separate incidents involving workers sustaining severe injuries from scaffold falls at residential construction sites have triggered a warning from SafeWork SA.One such incident took place ...
Sydney tradie hospitalised after falling off scaffolding(Post)A Sydney tradie was injured in a scaffolding incident on Tuesday morning.The man, aged in his 20s, fell four metres off scaffolding at a worksite in Coogee.He was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital suff ...
Brisbane worker critical after scaffolding fall(Post)A worker is fighting for his life in the hospital after falling from scaffolding at a Brisbane construction site.The 54-year-old man reportedly fell between six to ten metres onto concrete on Tuesday ...
New Scaffolding Industry Safety Standard Launched(Post)SafeWork NSW has launched a new Scaffolding Industry Safety Standard to prevent work-related injuries and deaths.NSW Fair Trading Eleni Petinos said this is an important step towards ensuring the saf ...
NSW company charged in fatal scaffolding collapse enters guilty plea(Post)A NSW scaffolding company has pleaded guilty to work safety breaches that killed a worker and seriously injured another more than three years ago. The man died from injuries sustained in a scaf ...
Sydney scaffolding company fined $2 million for workplace death(Post)A company has been ordered to pay millions of dollars by a NSW court after a young worker was killed in a scaffolding collapse at a Sydney construction site in April 2019.The company was fined $2 mil ...
