WORKSAFE Victoria has released the results from its preliminary inspection of a scaffold that collapsed onto Commercial Road, Prahran.
26/03/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued three safety improvement notices at the worksite in Prahran where five stories of scaffolding collapsed.
26/02/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says workers should use portable lifting devices and mobile cranes rather than lifting equipment onto roofs manually.
27/02/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says builders should ensure their scaffolding and loose building material is properly secured as the weather bureau has forecast strong winds across the state this week.
05/03/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria is urging companies using lifting equipment to act on safety improvement notices after an employer faced Bendigo Magistrates Court for failing to comply with three safety notices relating to its forklifts.
18/03/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says a South Clayton business has been ordered to improve safety practices after a man received serious leg injuries from being run over by a forklift.
17/09/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria is encouraging lifting companies and other small businesses in Maryborough to attend a free information breakfast to prepare for upcoming workplace inspections.
06/03/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says companies should develop forklift traffic management plans in order to keep drivers and pedestrians safe.
06/04/2009
WORKSAFE has announced all cranes coming into Victoria must comply with legislative requirements.
09/03/2007
WORKSAFE Victoria says a man was lifting 7.5m long tube when it fell and killed him at Kilsyth in Melbourne’s outer east in November 2006.
18/09/2009
EMERGENCY workers say it is miraculous no one was seriously injured in the six-storey scaffolding collapse at a worksite in Prahran, Victoria.
25/02/2009