State Coroner of the Coroner's Court of Western Australia has delivered his inquest into the Death of Shaun McBRIDE, an Irish scaffolder who fell from a wharf in Dampier WA 6 years ago.

The inquest states recommendations to the Australian Standards for the following ammendments:

"I recommend that the committees responsible for the relevant Australian Standards consider amendments to ensure that people working over or adjacent to water or liquid who may be at risk of falling into the water and drowning wear an approved PFD – including AS/NZS 1891.4:2009 (committee SF-015) and AS/NZS 4576:1995 (committee BD-36)."

A 30-year-old man, working on contract with Jusco's health and sanitation wing, died of asphyxiation in Jamshedpur on Tuesday morning after his supervisor allegedly sent him down a 20-feet-deep sewer manhole on the company's premises to fetch a gas measurement equipment that the latter accidentally dropped.

Another contractual worker, Aakash Karua (31), who had followed Ganesh into the manhole also suffered methane poisoning, but was rescued on time. He is being treated at Tata Main Hospital (TMH), where doctors said his condition was stable.

Unsafe conduct, but BHP worker harshly dismissed

The Fair Work Commission has ruled the dismissal of a mine worker was harsh, despite his failure to acknowledge unsafe conduct.

Guide To LINQ Fall Arrest Systems by the man who engineered the range, Stephen Sugden.

Stephen Sugden throws himself off a ladder to demonstrate the forces applied to the body during a fall from height.

He also discusses how to safely fit a harness and how different harness designs work.

The construction industry is the most dangerous for ladder use, with falls from ladders being the most common causes of fall-related injuries and fatalities, according to data in a 2013 Safe Work Australia (SWA) 2013 falls from height report.

When a fatality occurs, head injuries are the most common cause of death, with 76 per cent of the 112 workers who died from a fall from a height in the four years 2008–11 doing so because of a head injury.

A young man who fell 20m down a cliff was rescued in a delicate operation in the early hours of this morning.

In the same week the confined space accident that claimed three deaths in a rural NSW property, three labourers die cleaning in a manhole in Mumbai.

A husband, wife and brother were found dead inside a water tank on a rural NSW property. They were killed yesterday after entering a tank that had filled up with poisonous fumes on their property in Gunning, around 60km north of Canberra.

At about 6 p.m. last Saturday, first responders were dispatched for a confined space rescue in Walker Township, US.

According to dispatch, the man was trapped in a silo, 50 feet from the ground.

February 2017 PRO Update

NEW Petzl ROLLCLIP Z
Pulley-carabiner that facilitates installation on anchors and devices
Release Date: March 2017

NEW Petzl OK Carabiner
Lightweight oval carabiner
Release Date: May 2017

NEW Petzl OXAN
High-strength oval carabiner
Release Date: May 2017

NEW Petzl Falcon
Lightweight seat harness for suspended rescue
Release Date: February 2017