Dropped Mancage – Crane Accident – A Design Error

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Description A mancage attached to a 50 tonne crane, free fell about 10 metres until the crane driver applied the winch brake to arrest the fall. Design of the crane free fall control system was inadequate. Two employees in the mancage…

WHS Audits – Are they value for money?

I have referenced an article written by Peter Rogers titled "Is it time to stop internal auditing" Quote "To me, most internal and external audits are very poorly done.  A quality control wonk or supervisor asks closed questions…

Crane Accident – Contact with 11KV power line – Design your laydown Area

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Introduction The crane contractor was requested to come to the Queensland construction site to dismantle and transport  their 4600 and 4100 Manitowoc cranes offsite. Three personnel came to site – A leading hand, crane driver and…

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 Load Several 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 Signs 2022 WHS (General) Regulations & 1996 OHS Regulations Are there are substantial differences? – YES WHS Regulations Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Part3.2 Division 5 –…
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Are your documents understandable?

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

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2022 WHS (General) Regulations & 1996 OHS Regulations Are there are substantial differences? - YES Work in Confined Spaces WHS Regulations - Part 4.3, R 62 to R 77 Confined 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 2022 1.      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…