by Memz Erkekli | Jan 21, 2016 | Alerts & Incidents
CFMEU EBAs state that workers will stop work and leave site when the temperature reaches 35 degrees. Download OHS alert The temperature is measured at the nearest Bureau of Meteorology weather station to the work site. For info see...
by Memz Erkekli | Dec 15, 2015 | Alerts & Incidents
We all know that coming closer to the end of the year, bosses start pushing harder to get jobs finished and corners start getting cut. In just a 3 week period, 8 construction workers were killed in Australia just recently. Three of them in Victoria. Don’t be a victim...
by Memz Erkekli | Nov 25, 2015 | Alerts & Incidents
Wednesday 25 November 2015 was a very dark day in Western Australia with three tragic, preventable fatalities. The victims were two Irish ceiling fixers both in their 20’s and a 32 year old scaffolder. 1st incident A truck load of precast panels loaded on A frames was...
by Diosa Temblor | Nov 12, 2015 | Alerts & Incidents
A 29 year old man, CFMEU Member Carlos Araujo, has died after being crushed in an incident at the Specialised Concrete Pumping company yard. The building industry is dangerous, but workplace fatalities are unacceptable. Tomorrow, Friday 13 November 2015, the Industry...
by Memz Erkekli | Nov 12, 2015 | Alerts & Incidents
A 54 year old man has been killed after a fatal crushing incident. The boilermaker was understood to be operating a boom lift on the ProBuild Melbourne Convention Centre site. He was a Stilcon employee, family and CFMEU Officials are on site. The building industry is...