make it safe! construction & general safety newsletter

Issue 15, May 2008

• Demand action on sturctural steel: death of a rigger prompts renewed calls for Code of Practice (cover and page 3 feature)
• Don't throw out the best - harmonisation of OHS laws
• Cranesafe monitoring helps prevent mechanical failure
• Formwork kills
• Plant operator fatigue risk
• WA to fix asbestor compensation
• Beware lead-painted steel imports
• Pre-pour checklist for concrete
• Hearing protection campaign
• National Precast Code
• New licences Qld
• SA Reckless Endangerment law
• South Africa bans asbestos production and use
• Delegate reading survey
• International Workers' Memorial Day events

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Issue 14 October 2007

• Mesothelioma action: CFMEU campaign to get Alimta chemotherapy treatment on PBS for mesothelioma patients
• Construction safety on critical list
• Safe Work Week
• Young WA dogger killed; two NSW workers killed in falls; WA plant death
• More action on safety 2008-2010
• Toxic mist dangers
• Make EWPs safer
• Tas OHS right-of-entry trial success
• Favco & Favelle prohibition in Qld
• Hearing protection campaign
• Men's health calendar
• New ACT asbestos rules
• Estimating fatalities
• New NT compo rules
• UK win for Mesothelioma patients
• Never forget Westgate Oct 15, 1970 - photos

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Issue 13 April 2007

• Call for full inquiry into cyclone deaths
• Comcare moves into construction
• International Workers Memorial Day April 28 commemorations
• Action on MDF imports
• Rise in deaths and injuries
• Loader fall
• Bullying not on!
• New high risk licensing
• Induction cards for NT
• Hearing protection campaign
• Crane collapses
• Canada alloys asbestos in toys

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Issue 12 October 2006

• Howard helps bosses evade OHS laws
• Defend union right of entry for safety matters
• Barry Hemsworth's fight to protect workers from carrying all responsibility
• Remember Westgate
• Super 6 roof warning
• Court declines to impose penalties for stoppage
• No boots, No start!
• WARNING on 44gall drums
• New Code for work near power lines
• Federal Government Safety Principles and Guidance
• ACTU's Radiation register
• Licensing asbestos removal
• OH&S Representative Survey

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Issue 11 April 2006

• Union EBA companies gain OHS accreditation
• Howard's new IR laws and OHS
• Safe use of Telehandlers
• Site safety incidents, including tragic Tilt-up collapse; WA crane alert; complaints about a new 6.6kg brick; Asbestos imports getting through the ban.
• Testing your helmet 'use by date'
• European unions unite to oppose 'unsafe and cheap' labour directive

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Issue 10 Sept 2005

• Stop Canada's export of asbestos
• Unions demand action on silica and nano-technology
• National Formwork campaign
• Site safety incidents, including scissor lift and EWP deaths
• New Green card training WA
• Global workplace deaths under-reported

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Issue 9 April 2005

• Faulty Formwork kills: national campaign
• Call for no change on licensing
• Scissor lift alert
• Site safety incidents, including cement burns; demand for fire retardant vests and tighter asbestos regulations
• New regs: WA compo reforms
• USA asbestos cowboys get lengthy jail terms

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Issue 8 November 2004

• Action on Asbestos
• NOHSC Chairman speaks out against deaths and injuries
• Ultrafloor system collapses prompt national union action
• Site safety incidents including electrocutions in NSW, emergency fears in WA, new Vic OHS Act, Be SunSmart in ACT.
• New Regulations in WA and NSW to jail negligent company directors.
• World Asbestos Congress calls for ban on Hardie products

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Issue 7 April 2004

• Howard Govt wastes more taxpayers' $$ on political spin
• NSW Industrial Manslaughter campaign
• Work strain causes real pain: no body should put up with it
• Site safety incidents: Ban on RMD Quick Stage scaffold, safety tips: white finger, NSW Kow Chey killed, Gold Coast builders still don't get it, WA asbestos exposure.
• National falls blitz, Formply alerts, Lindores & Leighton convicted over crane deaths.
• International asbestos campaign targets September talks, Greek Olympics workers risking lives.

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Issue 6 October 2003

• New building laws mean poorer safety
• ACT to get Manslaughter law
• Remembering Brian Miller
• Future of work: ACTU Congress OHS policy
• Site safety incidents: 6 more workers killed, role play safety message, Whitford city floor collapse, Lighter blocks reduce strain, CFMEU Crane Hire Industry National Consultative Committee formed.
• Contractors fined for safety breaches, Call for better reo, CraneSafe WA takes off, Qld Advisory Standard for the prevention of workplace harassment.
• UK Corporate killing law disappoints, Cape pays cut-price compensation, Europe SLIC construction safety campaign, Overwork is hurting America.

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Issue 5 April 2003

• Make Corporate Killing a Crime
• Protect lives not profits
• Six deaths too many by March 6
• Safety on Australian Construction Sites: CFMEU proposals for a safer industry
• Two million killed worldwide at work each year
• SA Govt review disappoints, WA OHS win, New Asbestos Regs in Vic.
• Beware mobile plant.

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Issue 4 October 2002

• More deaths demand action NOW!
• Get serious on safety unions tell Cole
• Mobile crane collapse in Melbourne
• Remembering Lee
• Four NT sites shut
• Sydney demolition worker rides slab to ground
• OHS laws fail to keep pace with IR change - ACIRT report
• UCATT to investigate high suicide rate; US worker survives nailgun in brain
• Results of ACTU Survey on OHS.

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Issue 3 May 2002

• Rush jobs cost lives
• Not to consult is now a crime
• ACTU Campaign for Reasonable Hours
• Cranesafe takes off: annual checks to spread
• More self-erecting crane falls; solidarity stops boss bullying in SA; Routine checks sacrificed in Qld; WA worker bleeds to death.
• Vic pre-cast standard
• Qld workers get too much sun
• Asbestos rip-offs worldwide
• 5 day week success

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Issue 2 September 2001

• Stop work deaths! page 1
• Union targets power tools page 1
• ACTU Reactivate Health & Safety at work campaign page 3 .
• Remember Mark Allen page 2
• Crane accidents lead to bans and audits page 2
• Second death on Stockport job, SA; Asbestos scare at Tas schools; Walk of Shame Qld Gold Coast; Toxic legacy at Fairfield Hospital, Vic. page 4 ; page 5
• Looking for safe scaffold page 6
• Burned by cement, UK; EU overhauls safety. page 7
• Brian Miller returns with message on prostate cancer page 8

Issue 1 May 2001

• Ban Asbestos NOW! page 1
• ACTU Campaign: Being bossed around is bad for your health. page 1 and page 8
• Commemorate the dead; fight for the living April 28 memorials page 3
• Safety measures to match crane technology in SA; NSW & ACT blitz after serious incidents; Gold Coast grubs learn the hard way; Failures in pre- and post-stressed concrete in Vic. page 4 and page 5
• New Vic policy on Legionella page 6
• UCATT blames deaths on casual employment; Sao Paulo asbestos ban.
• Tribute Rex Maheno page 7
• Stop the deaths and injuries page 8

United we bargain - Divided we beg.

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