AWA Safety Awareness
WorkCover Safety Alert - Storage and Handling of Sheet Glass
This safety alert is published following the fatality of a worker who suffered horrific injuries while unpacking sheets of glass from a timber crate, which was stored on an A-frame. The storage and handling of glass sheets constitutes a high-risk activity that has the potential to cause serious injuries.
Windows Safety Bulletin - 0907
Advice on window safety and escaping fires.
Guide to Best Practice for Safer Construction launched
Federal Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey today (Wednesday 12 September 2007) launched the Guide to Best Practice for Safer Construction, developed by the Australian building and construction industry, to help combat the unacceptably high death and injury rates of workers on Australian building sites.
For more information go to: www.construction-innovation.info
Industry Alert - 2007
Fatal industrial accident at Granville, NSW, as reported in Sydney Morning Herald 29.8.2007
AWA Members can access recommended Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines formulated by the AWA OH&S committee via the Members Only section on this website.
Guidelines include:
• Glass Handling, Storage & Transport
• Job Safety Analysis
• Safe Use of Power Presses
• Selecting Ladders for Working at Heights
• Safe Working Practices for Working at Heights - Scaffolds
• Safe Working Practices for Working at Heights - Ladders
• Use of a Trolley
• Twin Head Mitre Saw
• Using Sub Contractors
• Site Delivery
• Site Delivery Equipment Checklist