THE NATIONAL Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has published a new scaffolding guidance.
27/01/2009
THE NATIONAL Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has launched a 24 page information brochure detailing reasons why contractors should adopt a policy to only use regulated scaffolding firms.
16/10/2009
THE OFFICE of Regulatory Services (ORS) says the ACT will be participating in a national safety awareness campaign to reduce the risks of working with scaffolding equipment.
03/12/2009
QUEENSLAND Minister for Industrial Relations, Cameron Dick has launched new State safety standards for the use of suspended scaffolding on high-rise buildings.
09/07/2009
SAFEWORK South Australia says recent scaffolding-related incidents in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria have prompted it to mount a national scaffolding safety campaign.
22/07/2009
A LISMORE man is on life support after falling five metres to the ground when the scaffolding supporting a building platform collapsed.
19/03/2009
THE PERECMAN Firm, a New York law firm handling personal injury lawyers for construction accidents says they are baffled scaffolding accidents are continuing.
26/08/2009
EMERGENCY workers say it is miraculous no one was seriously injured in the six-storey scaffolding collapse at a worksite in Prahran, Victoria.
25/02/2009
THE NSW Industrial Court found that a builder could have prevented a scaffolding collapse by passing on OHS information to subcontractors.
02/02/2009
IMMIGRATION New Zealand (INZ), says the Department of Labour and Scaffolding and Rigging New Zealand (SARNZ) are working together to help employers in the scaffolding industry.
22/09/2009
A CRANE has collapsed at Maroubra where it was being used to secure the site of a fatal scaffolding accident.
11/03/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has issued three safety improvement notices at the worksite in Prahran where five stories of scaffolding collapsed.
26/02/2009
A MAN has been injured while operating a truck-mounted crane on a building site in Brompton.
09/09/2008
PYEROY has appointed Phil Maurer as its business support director.
15/10/2008
HARSCO has received a three-year contract to supply scaffolding, access towers, and other construction equipment.
19/11/2008
LIDORAN Architectural Roofing says it paid extra attention to its use of harnesses and scaffolding for their recent re-roofing project on Hamilton Island.
10/12/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria says builders should ensure their scaffolding and loose building material is properly secured as the weather bureau has forecast strong winds across the state this week.
05/03/2009
THE AMERICAN Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has released its A10 Crane Safety Standards Package to help safety professionals conduct safe crane operations.
17/11/2008
FACELIFT has used a Bronto cherrypicker to repair the 18th century dome of Shrewsbury's famous landmark St Chad's Church.
10/11/2008
PETTIBONE has introduced the latest model in large capacity telehanders World of Concrete.
06/02/2009