A central Sydney construction worker recently died after being struck by a steel beam on Wednesday afternoon. The worker, a man in his 30s was working near Sydney’s Darling Harbour at Barangaroo at the time of the incident. Police say…
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Man Crushed by Metal Beam on Barangaroo Site
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: builders, building, Construction, safety incident, White Card, work health and safety
How Public Sector Projects are Lighting Up the Skyline
With the downturn in the mining construction sector, the industry is looking to other types of construction for sustainance, including the housing construction sector and publicly funded infrastructure construction. Both Victoria and Queensland are 2 examples of states that…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: building, Construction, construction project, ohs, safety incident, WH&S, whitecard, work health and safety
Cross Border Construction Program Update
The construction safety project focussing on workers in Border construction sites has been hailed a success and will be extended for 3 years. The Cross Border Construction Program began in June 2013 and involved safety inspectors from Victoria and NSW…
Posted in Industry News Tagged with: building, Construction, ohs, safety, safety incident, WH&S, White Card, work health and safety
The New Way to Prevent Fall Related Injuries
As construction safety technology advances, the latest system for addressing falls on construction sites has emerged, the Cyber-Physical System (CPS). CPS has been defined by the US National Science Foundation as “an engineered system consisting of a seamless integration of computational algorithms…
Posted in Safety Info Tagged with: fall injuries, falls, safety incident, White Card, work from heights, work health and safety, workplace falls
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