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Franna AT40 Articulated mobile cranes (colloquially known as Frannas) are the most common form of crane on Australian building sites. Incident and audit data…
Photo of an excavator working at a construction site on earthworks. Today marks the end of the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner’s (OFSC) Hazard 2020 safety campaign. Twelve months ago the Federal Safety…
Photo of a road drilling machine drilling road for repair “Onsite audit results for the last full month of the Hazard 2020 Safety Campaign [September 2021] reinforces that scaffold safety is simply not at…
Photo of a crane hook The Federal Safety Commissioner’s fourth Hazard 2020 Safety Campaign webinar was held on Thursday 23 September. This webinar focused on assessing and…
Photo of a mobile telescopic boom crane on a bridge construction project With two months left in the Hazard 2020 campaign, data trends are consolidating, highlighting where Scheme accredited companies must take further…
image of the front page of the OFSC Hazard 2020 midpoint review report The Federal Safety Commissioner’s Hazard 2020 Campaign Update, published today, demonstrates good safety improvements with regard to mobile plant…
Photo of a woman in a high visibility vest and hart hat holding a blueprint The Federal Safety Commissioner has published an updated fact sheet on verifying the Competency of mobile plant operators. The updated fact sheet…
Picture of COVID-19 with text saying COVID-19 update A message from the Federal Safety Commissioner, David Denney: The current outbreak of the Delta strain of COVID-19 around Australia is the most…
Photo of 3 construction workers looking at blue prints The Federal Safety Commissioner’s (FSC) Accreditation Scheme Snapshot provides up to date data analysis on a quarterly basis. The past three months…
Photo of a large building with scaffolding on it The Federal Safety Commissioner’s year-long Hazard 2020 safety campaign is now three-quarters complete. Trends from previous months remain largely…