High-rise work and scaffolds
Further to the deaths of two construction workers in Queensland last month, three window washers in California have had lucky escapes as their scaffold broke. More on this rescue, with video, available HERE
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Construction site deaths and union calls for manslaughter charges
Last weekend two Queensland workers fell 26 storeys from swing scaffolding to their deaths. They were patching concrete on a building from a platform similar to those used by high-rise window cleaners. According to a 24 June 2008 ABC news report: “The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says the men were wearing harnesses …
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Accountability for industrial accidents in Malaysia
This last week, the New Strait Times reported on an initiative by the Malaysian government to increase companies’ responsibility for workplace safety by making “professionals” “responsible for accidents in the workplace”.
It may be a terminological argument about whether safety professionals or risk managers or company directors are to be held personally responsible for safety infringements and incidents