Grid Mesh Clip – Design induced Human Error ? – A Fatality in Hiding

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 A Grid Mesh Clip is a clip which is used to hold a piece of grid mesh flooring by clamping the mesh to the supporting structure – the mesh is held in place by the clamping force – friction.The style of the clip I am talking…

Another Crane “Dropped Load Incident” – Lifting Flexible loads 

Flexible Load & Over Centre Scissor Clamps A Dangerous Combination  Back at the beginning of my safety career,  I investigated a dropped load incident where a 25 metre length of rail line fell whilst the rail was being lifted…

Crane Accident – Dropped Load

Major Crane Accident - Dropped LoadSeveral hundred three tonne pre-cast concrete reinforced floor panels had been craned and installed into a multi story building without any obvious safety issues, when a panel detached from the basketed…
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Mentoring – Cecil Andrews College

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Over the past two months , I have been using Lego drones to engage a year 10 class at Cecil Andrews College - Perth.The drones are fun to fly ,but the students have to do several tasks in order to get the drone ready for flying.Assemble…
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Overview – WA WHS (General) Regulations 2022

The 2022 WHS regulations have introduced many changes and are very different to the 1996 OSH Regulations – see examples.Have you reviewed and updated your WHS Risk Assessments, WHS Systems and Procedures? .Examples of new and significantly…
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PPE & Safety Signs

Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Signs2022 WHS (General) Regulations & 1996 OHS RegulationsAre there are substantial differences? – YESWHS RegulationsPersonal Protective Equipment (PPE)Part3.2 Division 5 –…
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Are your documents understandable?

2022 WHS (General) Regulations & 1996 OHS RegulationsAre there are substantial differences? – YESA new phrase used in two important regulations  “is readily understandable”WHS RegulationsReg 39 - Provision…
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Confined Space and Welding/Cutting

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2022 WHS (General) Regulations & 1996 OHS RegulationsAre there are substantial differences? - YESWork in Confined SpacesWHS Regulations - Part 4.3, R 62 to R 77Confined Space Risk assessment, R66 (2) (3) and Confined Space…
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Notifiable Incidents & Diseases

What is New - WHS Act 2020 and WHS (General) Regulations 20221.      Work Health and Safety Act 2020 - Section 38, now requires the PCBU to  report a dangerous incident to the Regulator.This is a major change compared to the…
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An Underground Inrush Incident

Two sub-contractor underground miners were bogging out vent rise reamer cuttings.BoggerThey sensed something was wrong and started walking away from the reamer stockpile area and back down the drive.Both personnel were hit by a…
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How common is this – When Safety Stupidity trumps common sense

I was conducting a site OSH inspection of a cattle station owned by a large and renowned international company.Owning and managing cattle properties was not their core business.We all know that manual handling activities are very common…
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SOLAR BENCH PROJECT – Cecil Andrews College

In 2019, Cecil Andrews College students came up with the idea of an outdoor classroom and meeting area, using recycled plastics and providing stand-a-lone solar power to charge mobile devices.The idea was enthusiastically supported by…