Safety and health alerts - 2000

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• 02-00 Servicing post mix drink dispenser
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Accommodation cafes and restaurants
  


• 03-00 Young worker injured by cardboard baling machine
  Topic: New and young workers,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 04-00 Shunter injured whilst aligning buffers during shuntin
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 05-00 Fatal accident-electrocution of rigger
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 06-00 Electrical short results in death
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 07-00 Use of electrical tools on board fishing vessels
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 08-00 Deckhand crushed against jetty by river ferry
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 09-00 Unqualified tradesperson tampering with electrical equ
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 10-00 Farmer escapes death in tractor rollover
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 11-00 Severe conveyor incident
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 12-00 Fall from height on residential construction site
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 13-00 Fake bolts in tilt-up panels
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 14-00 Cave-in causes concrete block to slide onto worker
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 15-00 Truck driver falls five metres accessing transfer auge
  Topic: Manual handling,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 17-00 Truck unloading fatality
  Topic: Manual handling,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 19-00 Eye Injuries
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 21-00 Lifting concrete liners by mechanical means
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Electricity gas and water supply
  


• 22-00 Young worker injured by power press
  Topic: New and young workers,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 24-00 Equipment fitted to work vehicles
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 25-00 Manual handling stock from storage shelving
  Topic: Manual handling,
  Industry: Wholesale and retail
  


• 26-00 Forklift driver dies in forklift accident
  Topic: Forklifts,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 27-00 Bulk Rubbish collection truck moves off when driver va
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 28-00 Employee injured whilst scuba diving to retrieve lobst
  Topic: First aid,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 29-00 Modified forklift alarms WorkSafe Western Australia
  Topic: Forklifts,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 30-00 Slips trips and falls-hospitality industry
  Topic: Slips and trips,
  Industry: Accommodation cafes and restaurants
  


• 31-00 Yard hands forearm and wrist crushed
  Topic: Working alone,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 32-00 Incident on a DSV during heliox gas transfer
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 33-00 Wrong bracing inserts cause tilt-up panel collapse
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 34-00 Waste bin truck fatality
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 35-00 Perimeter formwork construction
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 36-00 Wrong length jib pendant wire ropes cause collapse
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 37-00 Securing of agricultural boom sprays during transport
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 38-00 Person killed in mixing machine
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 41-00 Accidents on rural properties
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing