Publications
Safety alerts 2010
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Working around mobile plant during construction of roadworks and related infrastructure (PDF, 124.2 KB) This alert has been recently released by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland to highlight the hazards and risks to workers performing traffic management and road construction work on roadways, following two recent fatalities. |
Date: Dec 2010 |
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Safe storage and transportation of gas cylinders in vehicles (PDF, 349.2 KB) The purpose of this safety alert is to highlight the potential dangers associated with the storage and transportation of flammable gases and gas cylinders in confined spaces of vehicles. |
Date: Dec 2010 |
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Workers seriously injured laying natural gas pipes (PDF, 347.3 KB) In March 2010, three workers were overcome by toxic fumes while installing a natural gas service adjacent to the old Hobart Gas Company site in Evans Street, Hobart. |
Date: September 2010 |
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Asbestos gaskets in plant (PDF, 40.6 KB) Items of plant were recently imported into Western Australia and found to contain bonded asbestos gaskets. The plant was imported from New Zealand and Thailand for installation at a major industrial site. Workers at the site were unaware that any gaskets contained asbestos. |
Date: May 2010 |
