Over the years, there have been many incidents (resulting in fatalities and serious injuries…) where formwork has failed during concrete pours – and this is totally unacceptable!
A recent find by one of our diligent, hardworking and conscientious CFMEU OHS Representatives of a hazardous aerosol spray adhesive — has highlighted just how dangerous these products can be and how important it is to thoroughly read and accurately interpret Safety Data Sheets when it comes to an
A recent crane incident involving a load of glass windows falling out of the stillage they were being lifted in, has once again highlighted the hazardous and dangerous nature of our building and construction industry.
Working in the extreme cold can cause many adverse health effects. Here are just some of the issues you should be aware of, as well as some tips to help keep you safe and healthy if you do experience extreme cold climatic conditions at your workplace.
Crane operations are one of the highest risk activities in our industry — this makes it one of the tightest regulated tasks in construction. Unfortunately, we still have a high number of incidents involving cranes - including fatalities.
Recent incidents on construction sites have revealed an issue involving toe boards/kickers on scaffolds. Our contract scaffold companies are amongst the best in the country as far as compliance goes, but it is out of our control to police our scaffolds if you are no longer onsite.
Why the product is recalled: The Yellow Horizontal Guard Rail brace may disengage from the scaffold frame. A replacement to the spring mechanism in the yellow hook is recommended.
Following the tragic deaths of a number of tower crane drivers across Australia, all the below points are strongly recommended to be implemented immediately, to assist in the improvement of standards and levels of health and safety for both doggers and tower crane drivers.
