Blog posts tagged with 'safety warning'

A concrete pumping company in Balwyn North, Victoria, has been convicted and fined $50,000 after a concrete boom pump snapped and fatally struck a worker. Prisbel Concrete Pumping was sentenced in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after earlier pleading guilty to a single charge of failing to provide or maintain safe plant. The company was also ordered to pay $8179 in costs.

WorkSafe Victoria recently issued a safety alert reminding mine operators about managing the risks associated with explosives following an incident in which a jumbo drill operator was injured when the drill struck live explosives.

SafeWork SA recently issued a safety warning the safe use of slashers being used to cut long grass when bystanders may be nearby when machinery is in operation.