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.

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.