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A workplace incident in which a maintenance worker fell six metres and was left paraplegic has resulted in a $150,000 fine for the height safety company involved.
The company, which pleaded guilty recently in the Wynnum Magistrates Court to breaching s.32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, installed, maintained and inspected working at height fall arrest anchorage systems.
A worker connects a static line to an anchor point that hasn’t been inspected in over a year. A roofer steps around a guardrail rather than through the designated access point because it’s faster. A roof maintenance technician… Read More
Roof Access Safety System for K&S Adelaide For large workshop and warehouse environments, safe roof access needs to be planned properly from the outset. It is not enough to simply provide a way onto the roof. The system needs to support the way maintenance teams will actually move across the site,… Read More
There’s a particular challenge that comes with working at height in a premium hotel environment. The solution has to work, every single time, for years to come, and it can’t look like an afterthought bolted onto a building that guests pay quite a large amount to stay in. When fire damage compromised the rope… Read More