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OHS News - August 2013

WorkSafe warns outdoor workers of strong winds on Friday

10:20 pm, Thursday 15 August, 2013

WorkSafe Victoria wared a!! outdoor workers to esure the safety of their worksites "eforestrog wids hit Victoria o #riday$

WorkSafe recei%ed se%era! reports re!ated to structura! co!!apse ad other damage at worksites across Victoriaafter strog wids hit the state ear!ier this week$ A pedestria was a!so i&ured whe a security fece co!!apsedat a "ui!dig site i Waram"oo! o 'oday$

A warig was issued "y the (ureau of 'eteoro!ogy that powerfu! wids of up to )5 km*h, with peak gusts of

100 km*h may hit the state o #riday$

+WorkSafe chief eecuti%e -eise .osgro%e said e%eryoe i the costructio idustry ad other outdoorworkers shou!d p!a for tomorrow/s weather$

+(ui!ders must esure partia!!y comp!eted "ui!dig ad structures are we!! supported$ (rick ad "!ock wa!!smust "e adeuate!y "raced uti! work is comp!eted, said 's .osgro%e$

+oofig sheets, scaffo!d p!aks ad other !oose materia!s must "e secured to pre%et them from "eig pickedup "y the wid ad "eig "!ow aroud or out of the site$

's .osgro%e remided a!! workers that strog wids pose risks ot &ust to outdoor workers "ut the geera! pu"!ic as we!!, especia!!y those !i%ig ear worksites$

+So a!! worksites must esure that o"&ects ad structures uder their cotro! are secured$

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Worker Fatality at Mine Site in Western Australia

0:04 pm, Thursday 15 August, 2013

A worker died !ast ight at a"out pm at a 6i!"ara mie site iWester Austra!ia, operatios at the site ha%e "ee suspeded$

The worker reported!y i his mid720/s recei%ed crush i&uries whi!st he was workig i a ore processig p!at$

esources Safety 8ecuti%e -irector Simo idge said that +a team of -'6 mies safety ispectors wi!! arri%eat the site today to commece a thorough i%estigatio$

9e said that it is a +sad day for the etire Wester Austra!ia resources idustry, it has "ee a!most two yearssice the !ast worker died at a Wester Austra!ia mie site$

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NSW Ceent Co!anies Fined o"er Worker Fatality

04:1 pm, Wedesday 1 August, 2013

a &udgemet re!eased o #riday, two cemet compaies ha%e "ee gi%efies that tota! ;1<0,000 o%er a accidet that resu!ted i the death of a worker i Septem"er 200<$

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The =SW dustria! e!atios .ommissio foud that the compaies had +"reached the >ccupatioa! 9ea!thad Safety Act 2000, "y fai!ig to ista!! fied guardig a!og the etire !egth of a feeder ad co%eyor systemas reuired "y Austra!ia safety stadards ad fai!ig to pro%ide adeuate super%isio ad istructio$

The worker died whe he was crushed "etwee two hydrau!ic rams workig at a cemet p!at o Septem"er 13,200< whe he was o duty as a cetra! cotro! assistat$ 9e was i the materia!s preparatio area adresposi"!e for pre7start checks of p!at ad euipmet, moitorig ad maitaiig p!at, euipmet adsystems ad moitorig product ua!ity$

At the time he was workig "y himse!f ad had o direct super%isio$

9e was ispectig feed !ies after a co!!eague had reported that the hoppers were ot feedig$ 9e was !ater foud "y a co7worker whe the system showed that the feeder was ot workig ad they cou!d ot cotact him$

.ommissioer ? (ackma, i his &udgemet, oted that the systems i p!ace at the time had "eecomprehesi%e "ut were defecti%e i some areas$

The worker had "ee traied i the iso!atio ad !ock7out procedure, ad the cemet compaies argued that hisfai!ure to iso!ate the machiery accordig to procedure, +mitigated the seriousess of the compaies/ offeces$

Sice the death of the worker the compaies ha%e esured that the guardig has "ee upgraded, measures ha%e "ee imp!emeted access for the feeders i the Stoe Tue!s ad workers ow must work i teams of two or more

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Man receives electric shock in QLD worksite

07:00 pm, Wednesday 14 A!st, "01#

A ma was re%i%ed "y his co!!eagues ad paramedics after his heart stopped fo!!owiga e!ectric shock$

Accordig to The @uees!ad Times, the worker was o top of a roof whe he

accideta!!y dri!!ed a screw ito a !i%e e!ectrica! wire Tuesday morig$

The 357year7o!d worker touched the gutterig ad recei%ed e!ectric shock for a"out 30

secods "efore fa!!ig ito the groud$

9is workmates performed .6$ po arri%a!, paramedics ga%e him a sig!e shock from a defi"ri!!ator, which

restarted his heart$

The %ictim was "rought to the 6ricess A!eadra 9ospita! i a critica! coditio$ 9e a!so suffered serious had

i&uries$

A hour !ater, a am"u!ace retured to the workp!ace after a secod worker suffered mior e!ectric shock $

Work hea!th ad safety officers are ow coductig i%estigatios$

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