Category: Safety

The Courier Mail is reporting that the CFMEU is raising concerns about asbestos contamination and handling on the $5.4Bn Cross River Rail project. It reports that photos and video obtained by...

Main works contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) in the UK is using some new software on its HS2 contract to improve safety planning. It is described as “advanced 4D learning...

Spelling out safety across the supply chain with Coates Hire. Coates Hire has created two safety guides, for truck drivers and load restraint protocols, to promote and embed safe processes...

Asbestos removal operatives now face the prospect of being publicly named and shamed for their shortcomings or praised to the hilt for their talents, reports the UK’s The Construction Index....

Worksafe is reporting a fatal fall from a ladder on Monday morning in North East Victoria. The worker, aged in his 60’s, fell from the ladder whilst installing skylights. This...

An Australian-first toolkit to improve safety for labour hire workers, including a worker guide and a self-assessment checklist for businesses, has been launched as part of the “Protecting Workers At...

This year’s National Asbestos Awareness Week (22-28 November) campaign asks Australians to Think Twice About Asbestos. The campaign challenges complacency by reminding home renovators and tradespeople that the danger of...

Cladding Safety Victoria’s (CSV) team of independent inspectors are providing additional quality and safety assurances as part of its Clerk of Works initiative. The Clerk of Works aims to ensure...

The New South Wales Government has invested in two new research projects to ensure work environments are healthy, safe and sustainable for older workers. The Ageing in Nursing and Construction...

Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) has been trialling a new road safety and traffic management equipment as part of the M80 Ring Road upgrade project in Melbourne. With the aim...

Five workers have been transported to hospital with serious injuries following a scaffold collapse in North Melbourne on Monday. The four-story scaffold on a site in Craigieburn came down at...

As Australia continues to navigate our way through the pandemic, many are wary of a ‘second-wave’ of infections particularly with ongoing community transmission in Victoria. The industry has been fortunate...

Plasterboard manufacturer USG Boral has issued a warning to customers that some of their fire-rated plasterboard products may be contaminated with asbestos. The contamination affects fire-rated plasterboards containing vermiculite imported...

Korean machinery manufacturer Doosan Infracore has launched the industry’s first ‘transparent bucket’ system for wheeled loaders. Doosan uses cameras to relay images into the driver’s cab of whatever is in...

VR technology helps improve pedestrian safety In a new research project from the University of South Australia (UniSA), planned upgrades to roads and pedestrian areas will be simulated using virtual...

Renaissance One, Australia’s first lithium-ion battery factory, is to be built at Tomago in the Hunter region of NSW, announced Energy Renaissance, the manufacturer, in The Industrial and Safety Bulletin...

A worker aged in his 30’s has died today after falling up to seven stories into a void on a site in Western Sydney. The site is located between Jubilee...

The new generation of ear defenders will be using ‘hear-through” technology, which reduces loud background noise, but allows a conversation to be held. They also monitor and map exposure to...

A Multiplex site in Melbourne has been shutdown following a 12 positive COVID19 cases in the workforce. The ‘Beyonce’ tower project (otherwise known as Premier Tower) on Spencer St in...

Worksafe Victoria has charged construction company Alliance CG and Clark Cranes with two and three offences respectively following a September 2018 incident that resulted in the death of a 48...

The eyes provide an essential service on a job site: vision. They are also an organ that is vulnerable to injury, particularly in the construction sector which is considered a...

Technology in the construction environment is making significant progress. Recent examples include the Cat Connected Worker system, Cohda and Sona Safe proximity detections systems, MyModular lighting and air quality systems...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $1.5 million over three years to the University of Illinois at Chicago and Worcester Polytechnic Institute to fund projects aimed...

With Christmas just around the corner, SafeWork NSW is urging all businesses and workers across the State to make safety their top priority. SafeWork NSW Executive Director of Compliance and...

Business Victoria has released its guidelines for the construction industry under Stage 4 restrictions. Along with the already published restrictions around 5 workers per site (small construction) and 25% of...

Accidents don’t just happen when things are going badly; they often happen when things appear to be going well. Jodi Goodall, of Brady Heywood, explains the concept of chronic unease...

Trials have begun in New South Wales for technology that can accurately monitor silica dust levels in the air. The technology has the potential to protect workers from contracting the...

It may be aimed more at DYI’ers and home renovators, but the risk and danger is just as applicable to more established builders. Asbestos remains a major hazard on building...

Bring up health and safety in many workplaces, and you get rolled eyes paired with comments about masses of red tape and wasted time. But the COVID-19 pandemic has refocused...

A new policy produced by the CFMMEU and taken up by 140 contractors and subcontractors could see workers in Brisbane stop-work when the thermometer reaches 28C and 75% humidity. The...

Trials are to be carried out of a system that assesses the stability of electricity poles by hitting them with a hammer and measuring the resulting vibrations. SP Energy Networks...

Breaches in dust control are the biggest health hazard on construction sites, according to latest statistics from the Building Safety Group (BSG). Data analysis of 16,000 site inspections over the...

2 Incidents on construction sites in Melbourne today are a timely reminder that even as we focus on social-distancing and virus control, workplace safety is still a major concern. A...

Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors and French wind farm developer Neoen have won a landmark tender to

A footbridge between Westralia Square and the Alluvion building collapsed on Monday afternoon. Luckily, cracks were noticed in the morning and the structure was blocked to pedestrians before the busy...

A 21 year old worker has tragically been killed on a Melbourne Worksite on Monday evening. Little detail has been provided but it is believed that he was doing electrical...

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Turner Construction, one of the nation’s largest contractors, has initiated an enhanced wellness campaign for workers at a multiyear office project in Boston that goes well beyond workplace health and safety, according...

“PPE gloves in particular, can easily be encouraged as a daily habit by being made available on site through vending machines at entrances and other common areas on a site,”...

Coventry City Council in the UK has ordered a new type of vibration-measuring glove for its highway crews. The HAV-Sentry glove has been developed by Feraru Dynamics to protect wearers...

A fleet of JCBs are being used by The Halo Trust, a British landmine clearance charity to help clear minefields in Afghanistan. Four modified JCB models – a 457ZX wheeled...

news.com.au is reporting that a 52 year old worker has died today following a fall on a construction site in Liverpool (West Sydney). The fall was reportedly from a height...

Tool maker Hilti has announced the launch of its first exoskeleton, the EXO-O1 designed to reduce strain on construction workers, according to US construction magazine Construction Dive. The new wearable is...

Look carefully and you may start to see strange little metal geometrical gizmos on the back of Amey’s (Amey plc in the UK) highway maintenance vehicles. That’s to stop lorries...

76% of fire doors inspected by the Fire Door Inspection Scheme last year in the UK have been found to be not fit for purpose.  In 2019 there were over...

The Australian Roads Research Board has launched a series of ‘Best Practice’ guides, to help local councils create and maintain safer roads.  The latest Guide is on Safe Road Infrastructure,...

A road worker collecting signage in the emergency lane has been struck by a ute on the M1 at Berowra (NSW) this morning. The incident occurred at around 3am when...

In tragic circumstances a glass roof under construction at the Curtin University Bentley campus has collapsed today leading to the death of a worker. The 23 year old apprentice has...

New workplace manslaughter legislation comes into effect in Victoria on 1st July. The new laws include a massive increase in fines for negligence that results in death and injury along...

On the back of the Swinburne study that identified significant issues with mental and lifestyle challenges in the construction industry, another university-backed study has shone a damning light on health...

In what the company says is an industry first, East Coast-based LeChase Construction has opened a training center to teach its workers how to contain dust, contaminants and noise during...

A man has been crushed to death by a portable building that fell on him at an industrial site near Newcastle.The incident took pl

The design and builders for the biggest public transport project in Victoria’s history have been

A crane driver was rescued this morning after an apparent slip and fall of roughly 2m inside the access structure of the machine. The driver, in his 60s, suffered head...

The Victorian State Government yesterday introduced new workplace manslaughter laws in a bid to toughen penalties and responsibilities for employers. The new laws will include provisions for deaths attributed to...

Hard hats now available with Mips multi-directional impact protection. British hard-hat manufacturer Centurion Safety Products has added a new level of protection to its Nexus helmet. Centurion Safety Products has...

As the cold and rain sets in, Worksafe Victoria has released a timely reminder of the hazards wet weather can bring to construction sites. Along with slippery surfaces and flood mitigation, site inspections should also identify risks such as waterlogged ground that could pose a hazard to mobile plant.

During National Asbestos Awareness Month (1-30 November) managers of commercial and non-residential properties and tradespersons are being urged to respect the risks of asbestos and download free resources from asbestosawareness.com.au...

Construction Advisor’s mantra is “Building things without breaking people“, and after a very “breaking year”, we’d like to raise the profile of caring for your people. Just as we heightened...

The Age today reports that the Australian Council of Trade Unions has identified Mental Health as a key priority on the back of the Productivity Commission report on mental health....

Magistrates have handed down a fine of half a million pounds for safety breaches that led to employees of a building materials giant suffering from debilitating hand arm vibration syndrome....

While it may take years to fully unwind what caused the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, it appears that there were multiple points of failure, including questionable...

MELBOURNE: ​Kane Constructions places a strong emphasis on the health and wellbeing of staff and is committed to supporting the Kane community during challenging times. As we move into the...

A worker aged in his 50’s has passed away suddenly after a crane load fell unexpectedly on a site at Rozelle. A marine site at James Craig Rd was swiftly...

As of 1st July 2020 new workplace manslaughter laws are now in effect with employers now liable in cases where negligence contributes to a worker dying on the job. Penalties...

Due to continued concern about case numbers, transmission risk and reduced compliance, construction will shut down in metropolitan Melbourne and other Local Government Areas currently in lockdown for two weeks...

Scottish trade association Select has launched an awareness campaign stressing the fatal consequences of not isolating safely during electrical work. Running under the banner ‘Work dead safely: Stay alive’, the...

September has delivered a spate of workplace incidents across the country with a combination of falls, material strikes and machinery incidents resulting in serious injuries and death. On Wednesday a...

Safe Work Australia is highlighting the importance of clean air in the workplace as part of this year’s National Safe Work Month. Many industries are at high risk of occupational...

Two of the largest lithium mines in the world are set to be built in Australia, following incr

Specialists say focus on cladding comes at expense of other safety measures. Fire protection specialists says that attempts to get dangerous cladding replaced on tall buildings has taken the focus...

Doing a happy dance!! Although dancing is not recommended if you’re working on construction sites due to the safety risks, however you can still safely sing and dance on the...

The UK government is setting up a new regulatory body to oversee the safety of construction materials. The construction products regulator will be a division of the Office for Product...

Safework NSW is conducting a safety blitz on scaffolding in construction following a number of incidents including 3 fatalities in 2020. The blitz has already resulted in more than 800...

A scaffold collapse in Gosford (NSW) has damaged vehicles and reportedly injured a female pedestrian. The incident occurred around 3pm on Wednesday in Gosford’s Mann Street. Safework NSW is currently...

Infrastructure Australia has rejected the business case for Cross River Rail, in a massive blow for

In a horrible day for worksite incidents multiple falling incidents have resulted in a workers death in Sydney. The man in his 60’s was working on a tree before suffering...

The Toowoomba Magistrates Court has fined the contractor for allowing unrestricted access to the scaffolding, whilst parts of the bottom of the scaffolding were missing or unsecured.  Some posts and...