QTPA Member Alert | WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY – ALERT (26/9/2012)
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY – ALERT
| A 72 year old man died from head injuries he received after he was allowed to remove timber from a home being demolished by a contractor with whom he was friends. The man was not a worker and should not have been allowed onto the site. Demolition sites are extremely dangerous and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland urges people with management or control of them to ensure members of the public are excluded from these areas at all times. [Read more on the duties of PCBUs performing construction work] |
FOR MEMBERS BENEFIT (From WH&S)
What is construction work
Construction work is any work carried out in connection with the construction, alteration, conversion, fitting-out, commissioning, renovation, repair, maintenance, refurbishment, demolition, decommissioning or dismantling of a structure.
NB: There will, however, be an exemption from the construction requirements for repairs and maintenance work of a minor nature.
What is not construction work
- the manufacture of plant;
- the prefabrication of elements, other than at a place specifically established for the construction work, for use in construction work;
- the construction or assembly of a structure that once constructed or assembled is intended to be transported to another place;
- testing, maintenance or repair work of a minor nature carried out in connection with a structure;
- mining or the exploration for or extraction of minerals.
Construction regulation does not apply to plant unless:
- the plant is
- a ship or submarine; a pipe or pipeline; an underground tank;
- designed or used to provide support, access or containment during work in connection with construction; or
- work on the plant relates to work that is carried out in connection with construction; or
- the plant is fixed plant on which outage work or overhaul work that involves or may involve work being carried out by 5 or more persons conducting businesses or undertakings at any point in time.
Jim Vaughan
Chief Executive Officer
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