The photo below shows a formworker using a dodgy welding unit which was supplied by a plant hire company in Adelaide. What is wrong with this picture? Dodgy Welding Unit It is dodgy because the handpiece cable is only 1500 … Continue reading
Iron Duke Mining Construction Site South Australia Avoid injuries by using a star picket driver to drive in star pickets when erecting safety barricades. Avoid back injuries by using the star picket extractor (also called star picket puller) to extract … Continue reading
Location: A Construction Site In Sydney Australia on the 26th of September, 2008 Brand new (nine day old) 250 tonne Leibher Crane crashes through concrete floor on a Sydney Construction Site. I have not been told of any injuries or … Continue reading
Location: A Mining Construction Site, Mt Isa Queensland Australia A construction worker told me yesterday that after seeing co-workers suffering from bleeding noses, nasty coughs, and angry skin rashes, he decided to do the right thing and not return to … Continue reading
Location: A Construction Site In Beenleigh Queensland Australia In a previous post, we asked what was wrong with the mobile scaffold, but that pales in comparison to the following photo taken today at a Beenleigh construction site 37 KM south … Continue reading
I see people pumping concrete like this all the time here in Australia. Don’t work for Grubs! Use scaffolding whenever there is a chance of falling from heights. Don’t feel under pressure to get up there without a scaffold just … Continue reading
Location: Project Magnet – Iron Duke Mining Construction Site Whyalla South Australia Formwork Carpenter John helps out during a concrete pour by directing all the concrete trucks to the concrete pump. The pump was parked near the excavation where the … Continue reading
Location: A Surfers Paradise High-Rise Construction Site, Gold Coast Australia After reading about a killed worker as a result of being buried under wet concrete after a suspended slab collapsed, I wondered if some of us are too relaxed with … Continue reading
Location: A Surfers Paradise High-Rise Construction Site, Gold Coast Australia You don’t need to be an Einstein to figure out where this washer should go on this 90 degree scaffold clamp. Obviously, it should go under the nut to prevent … Continue reading
Location: A Surfers Paradise High-Rise Construction Site, Gold Coast Australia Whenever you hire mobile scaffolding, a drawing is supplied which shows the correct way to errect it, so how come it is common to see mobile scaffolds like this? Dodgy … Continue reading