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
Location: Port Adelaide South Australia Normally, when the red light is flashing and the safety boom is down at a railway crossing, the intention is that drivers wait until the train passes, the safety boom raises and the lights stop … Continue reading
While lifting a crashed bus from the river, the crane setup on top of the bridge tips over and falls in. They say that the bus weighs 14 tonnes, but I wonder if this includes the weight of the water. … Continue reading
Location: Port Adelaide South Australia Yet another unsafe looking truck I saw while doing Bridge Formwork at Port Adelaide. It should be noted that this is not some quiet back street, but a very busy main road. Dodgy Unsafe Looking … Continue reading
Location: Francis Street Port Adelaide South Australia While doing bridge formwork at Port Adelaide, I was surprised to see so many trucks with either uncovered and/or unsecured loads driving down the street. It became normal to see some kind of … 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