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VIC: Construction worker catapulted from crane

TAS: Broadband rollout halted after worker shocked

TAS: Electric shock was last straw

WA: Asbestos spill on Mitchell Freeway

WA: Miners evacuated

WA: Workplace noise a serious problem

USA: Workers lost in Louisiana rig blast

Canada: Health and safety report

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Victorian first

Reckless endangerment conviction for company

A drilling company and its director found responsible for the death of a 21-year-old truck driver have been fined more than $800,000. The prosecution is the first in Victoria of a company for reckless endangerment.

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Victoria
Alert - Tremolite decorative stack-stone wall tiles

WorkSafe has issued an Alert about decorative stack-stone wall tiles containing asbestos.

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Alert – Gas pipes in stormwater drains and sewers

WorkSafe has issued an Alert that highlights the dangers of clearing stormwater drains and sewers without checking for intruding utility service pipes.

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Alert - Unmarked scaffold components

WorkSafe has issued an Alert that highlights the need for scaffold components to be marked in accordance with Australian Standards.

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Company fined $130k over workplace death

A heavy haulage company has been fined $130,000 over the death of one of its truck drivers.

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Australia and New Zealand
WA: Safety Alert - Asbestos gaskets in imported plant

WorkSafe WA has issued a Safety Alert following the importation of plant from New Zealand and Thailand that contained bonded asbestos gaskets.

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WA: Safety Alert - Exposure to Asbestos

WorkSafe WA has issued a Safety Alert following an incident where a worker drilled an asbestos-containing wall, exposing a number of cleaners to asbestos.

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NZ: Roofer dies after falling two storeys through skylight

A 35-year-old self-employed roofing contractor died after falling two storeys through a plastic skylight, landing on concrete.

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World
UK: Safety Alert – Failure of pipeline

The Health and Safety Executive has issued an Alert following the failure of a spring return pipeline emergency shut down valve.

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UAE: Build Safe Safety Alerts

Build Safe UAE has issued a series of Safety Alerts

Reusing material for training materials

Health and safety

Pumping concrete incident

PROSECUTIONS

UK: Engineering services firm fined after worker suffers serious back injuries

UK: Lancashire man fined for gas safety offences

UK: Aberdeenshire man fined after employee fell from roof

UK: Nationwide construction firm fined for multiple health and safety failings

SAFTENG

Turned-off safety switch led to tar accident
Worker electrocuted by power lines
Crush accident worker 'serious'
Rescuers search for missing bridge worker
Officials investigate construction accident at hospital
Construction worker knocked from scaffolding
One killed, two injured in gas pipeline blast in Moscow

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