Edition 70, August 2009

National scaffolding safety awareness campaign

Workplace Safety Authorities across Australia have commenced a campaign to improve scaffolding safety in the construction industry.

The national campaign will see workplace safety inspectors from all states visit residential and commercial construction sites to ensure safe work procedures are in place to address the risks of erecting and using scaffolding.

Recent scaffolding related incidents in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria have highlighted the need for vigilance with the erection use and dismantling of scaffolding to ensure the safety of workers and the public.

The campaign will commence in August 2009 and will focus on ensuring construction site scaffolding complies with Australian Standards AS 1576 and AS 4576 for prefabricated, aluminium, trestle and swing stage scaffolds.

The campaign supports the National OHS Strategy 2002-2012 to facilitate the development of consistent approaches to agreed Australian and New Zealand workplace safety priorities.

For more information about workplace safety and scaffolding visit www.hwsa.org.au/activities/activities-projects_and_current_campaigns.aspx

Related articles:
New Scaffolding Code of Practice in QLD (Edition 69, July 2009)
National scaffolding safety awareness campaign (Edition 70, August 2009)
QLD safety workshops for small businesses - QLD (Edition 70, August 2009)
New national OHS laws open for comment (Edition 71, October 2009)
Safe Work Australia legislation passed (Edition 71, October 2009)

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