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

David Crawford was injured working as a builder when a roof rafter he was walking across gave way. He one of the Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week ambassadors raising awareness of spinal cord injury. His work with SCIA’s Teamsafe program sees him travelling to worksites across the country to prevent others having an accident like his own.

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