Worksafe has flagged it intends to prosecute two different construction companies after a teenage worker was killed on site two years ago.

SAFEWORK NSW

Fatality

• Incident date: 23/08/2018
• Event: Fall from height through plastic roof sheeting
• Location: Tomago in Northern NSW

A 19-year-old first year apprentice electrician was on the roof of a single storey commercial building, assisting with the installation of solar panels. The worker stepped on a plastic roof sheet and fell approximately 7 metres.

The rope line had excessive slack between the worker and the anchorage point. The excessive slack in the rope line allowed the worker to fall the 7 metres to the concrete slab below.

Teen worker raised safety concerns before fatal fall

The devastated mother of a teenage boy who fell 12 metres to his death during a building refurbishment has pleaded for tighter regulations on WA worksites, including the introduction of industrial manslaughter laws.

"Someone is going to get killed": Mother reveals her son told her he was worried about the safety of his worksite just eight days before he fell 12metres to his death

• The mother of a 17-year-old construction worker who fell to his death has spoken 
• Regan Ballantine's son, Wesley, fell 12 metres through a glass ceiling in 2017
• She wants tighter regulation on workplace safety and a hazard reporting system
• Wesley went to his mother eight days before his death, concerned for his safety
• She says he wasn't comfortable voicing his concerns to the worksite's foreman

Considerations for the use of personal fall protection equipment Introduction This information sheet gives very brief guidance on points to consider when selecting and using personal fall protection equipment such as anchor devices, harnesses and lanyards. It is intended for employers, supervisors and users of such equipment, as an indication of the types of issues which should be considered. It is summary guidance only. The order of items is not significant. 

The employee was crouching down welding hand railings onto a platform at a height of more than three metres when he lost his balance on 19 August 2016. He did not have adequate fall protection, a travel restraining system or a fall-arrest harness.

The company had not prepared a safe work method statement before work began.

UPDATE: The man who died at Inpex on Wednesday night is understood to have fallen into the tank which was being filled with a dust-like substance.

The alarm was raised around 8pm when the man, who was wearing a harness at the time, fell into substance and disappeared below the surface, it is understood.

It’s not clear whether the harness broke, or was not attached to anything.

Tradie’s death referred to NT Worksafe. A much-loved Darwin tradie, who fell to his death on February 3 2016 was a "LARRIKIN" rigger known as a stickler for safety fell more than 60m to his death in front of his mates after climbing a Telstra tower without a harness on, a coronial inquest has heard.

Mr Kyle-Little, who was working for a Telstra subcontractor, fell after climbing back up the tower without a harness to retrieve tools left behind over lunch.

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.

Lee Bertram fell to his death from Brent Charlie, one of four platforms in the Brent Oilfield off the Scottish coast.

Lowestoft-based Bilfinger Salamis UK admitted breaching regulations after an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Aberdeen Sheriff Court fined the firm £100,000.

An offshore worker died today after falling into the sea from a North Sea oil platform. 

The employee suffered fatal injuries from the fall at about 4am off the BP Unity rig, which is a pumping station based in the Forties pipeline system almost 100 east of Aberdeen UK.

The incident was reported to police at around 4.40am and the Health and Safety Executive said it was liaising with police, who confirmed they had been 'made aware of a death offshore'.