Safety and health alerts - 1994

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• 01-95 Lifting aluminium sheets
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 02-95 Fatal accident-working with machinery
  Topic: Working alone,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 03-95 The hazardous maintenance of machinery
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 04-95 Air trac drilling rig
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 05-95 Fatal accident-skid steer loader
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 06-95 Tractor driver killed by dislodged hay bale
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 07-95 Accidents involving crown and talon elevating work
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 08-95 Driver killed by runaway diesel truck
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 09-95 Worker electrocuted drilling into wall
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 10-95 Spiral staircases-business services
  Topic: Slips and trips,
  Industry: General or All
  


• 11-95 Carpenter electrocuted
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 12-95 Electrician electrocuted installing switch
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 13-95 Supervisor killed by falling tree branch
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 14-95 Worker killed by falling tree
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 15-95 Driver burnt in LPG explosion
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 16-95 Explosion during boat repairs
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 17-95 Lineworker falls from power pole
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 18-95 Acid burns from aluminium cleaner
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 18-95 Worker loses foot in auger
  Topic: Guarding,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 19-95 Person crushed jump starting loader
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 20-95 Electrical shock from junctio box
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 21-95 Elevating work platform collapse
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 22-95 Overhead travelling crane failure
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 23-95 Fall from access way
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 24-95 Injuries associated with use of mobile phones
  Topic: Mobile phone,
  Industry: General or All
  


• 25-95 Hydrochloric acid bath chemical reaction
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 26-95 Exploding line marker fractures skull
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 27-95 Dogger run over by tractor crane
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 28-95 Electric shocks in cleaning industry
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 29-95 Driver dies in forklift rollover
  Topic: Forklifts,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 30-95 Demolition worker killed
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 31-95 Fork-lift driver crushed
  Topic: Forklifts,
  Industry: Transport and storage