Series of bulletins looking at accident descriptions and causes. (Previously known as Incident / Accident Alerts)

What is a Hazard Alert or Hazard Management Bulletin?

Hazard Alert – this is an immediate message about a serious hazard. It considers facts established early in an investigation. An alert offers interim advice.

Hazard Management Bulletin – is a more detailed message about how to manage the hazard and prevent harm in the future. It is based on information from a full investigation. The advice is more authoritative than a hazard alert.

Included in this series are:

No 51 Jan 2010 Steel Splinters Cause Eye Injuries html or pdf [size: 85KB ]

No 50 Jan 2010 Go-Kart Overturns Causing Flash Fire html or pdf [size: 91KB ]

No 49 Jan 2010 Crane Bridle Sheave Pin Results in Fatality html or pdf [size: 42KB ]

No 48 Jan 2010 Gantry Crane Fatal Accident html or pdf [size: 42KB ]

No 47 Jan 2010 Knuckle-Boom Crane Fatality html or pdf [size: 43KB]

No 46 Jan 2010 Men Killed by 11,000 Volts when Assisting with Crane Loads html or pdf [size: 43KB]

No 45 Dec 2009 Worker Badly Injures Finger on Automatic Meat Slicer html or pdf [size: 212KB]

No 44 Sep 2009 Fatal accidents involving ignition of flammable vapours html or pdf [size: 163KB]

No 43 Sep 2009 Safe Operation of Tip Trucks html or pdf [size: 163KB]

No 42 June 2009 Bulldozer Brake Failure html or pdf [size: 199KB]

No 41 June 2009 Working with Organic Solvents html or pdf [size: 153KB ]

No 40 April 2009 Farm Equipment Service Technician Killed When Servicing Front End Loader Attachment html or pdf [size: 196KB ]

No 39 April 2009 Safety for hock cutters html or pdf [size: 218KB ]

No 38 April 2009 Fall from silo seriously harms truck driver html or pdf [size: 87KB ]

No 37 Feb 2009 Farmer fatally electrocuted by overhead power line on family farm html or pdf [size: 113KB ]

Accident/Incident Alerts

No 36 Oct 2008 Wool Press Fatality html or pdf [size: 146KB ]

No 35 Oct 2008 Cloth Cleaning in Domestic Washing Machines html or pdf [size: 67KB ]

No 34 Sep 2008 Ignition of Grease in Underground Coal Mine html or pdf [size: 62KB ]

No 33 Sep 2008 Gas Ignition when Installing a 4m Mega-Bolt html or pdf [size: 65KB ]

No 32 Sep 2008 Dump Truck Fire and Emergency Response in a Surface Coal Mine html or pdf [size: 64KB ]

No 31 Feb 2008 King Hitter Post Driver html or pdf [size: 585KB]

No 30 Feb 2008 Worker falls from front end bucket loader html or pdf [size: 69KB]

No 29 Jan 2008 Prattley portable sheep yard incident html or pdf [size: 131KB]

No 28 Jan 2008 Mine explosives - security alert html or pdf [size: 48KB ]

No. 27 Apr 2008 Tip Truck Safety replaced by No. 43 Sep 2009 Safe Operation of Tip Trucks html or pdf [size: 163KB]

No. 26 Jul 2007 Precast Concrete Transport incident, panel injures driver (this alert removed from the website December 2009)

No. 25 Apr 2007 Operator loses finger in log splitter accident html or pdf [size: 97KB ]

No. 24 Mar 2007 Hand trapped in ridger accident html or pdf [size: 128KB ]

No. 23 Mar 2007 Farmer crushed underneath baler html or pdf [size: 45KB ]

No. 22 Jan 2007 Truck driver fatally injured [external link] - supplied by Government of Western Australia

No. 21 Jan 2007 Mobile scaffold failure [external link] - supplied by Government of Western Australia

No. 20 Sep 2006 Truck driver's head crushed in container lifter accident html or pdf [size: 87KB ]

No. 19 Sep 2006 Misuse of diesel results in severe burns no.2 html or pdf [size: 65KB ]

No. 18 Sep 2006 Wind-thrown tree kills forestry worker html or pdf [size: 53KB ]

No. 17 Sep 2006 Unsafe tree-felling leads to death html or pdf [size: 39KB ]

No. 16 Aug 2006 Kinghitter Series III Post Driver Fatality html or pdf [size: 42KB ]

No. 15 Jul 2006 Poor felling practices kill forestry worker html or pdf [size: 87KB ]

No. 14 Apr 2006 Detonator Explosion Results in Loss of Fingers html or pdf [size: 30KB ]

No. 13 Mar 2006 Unsafe A-frames used for transportation and storage of precast concrete panels html or pdf [size: 160KB ]

No. 12 Mar 2006 Finger crushed between A-frame and precast concrete panel html or pdf [size: 25KB ]

No. 11 Feb 2006 Cracked weld nuts on scissor lift steer axles result in potential pivot pin failure html or pdf [size: 36KB ]

No. 10 Feb 2006 Safety check for Indalex Werner fibreglass extension stepladder html or pdf [size: 71KB ]

No. 9 Feb 2006 Safe operation of wind machines html or pdf [size: 38KB ]

No. 8 Feb 2006 Blasting powder ignited by sparks from an angle grinder caused serious burns to farmer and worker html or pdf [size: 27KB ]

No. 7 Nov 2005 Rest Home Resident Burns to Death in Smoking Accident html or pdf [size: 35KB ]

No. 6 Updated Dec 2005 Misuse of Diesel Results in Severe Burns html or pdf [size: 34KB ]

No. 5 Sep 2005 Unguarded Transmission Machinery on Farms html or pdf [size: 40KB ]

No.4 Sep 2005 Forklift Operator Fatality html or pdf [size: 47KB ]

No.3 Aug 2005 Quarry Dump Truck Rollover html or pdf [size: 44KB ]

No.2 Aug 2005 Mines Rescue Brigadesman Escapes Suffocation During Training html or pdf [size: 29KB ]

No.1 Aug 2005 Accident Involving a 3.5 kg CO2 Extinguisher html or pdf [size: 39KB ]

Not numbered

May 2005 - Replaced Jan 2010 by Hazard Alert 49 - Sheave Pin Failure Results in Fatality

May 2005 Use of Gravlocks in Rigging html or pdf [size: 27KB ]

Jan 2005 Tyre Explosions from Large Steel Wheel Rims html or pdf [size: 65KB ]

Nov 2004 Operator's Hand Amputated in Hay Baler html or pdf [size: 65KB ]

Oct 2004 Primary Hopper - Fall Fatality html or pdf [size: 89KB ]

Oct 2004 Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry html or pdf [size: 45KB ]

Sep 2004 LPG Cylinder - Employee Overfills html or pdf[size: 89KB ]

Sep 2004 Safe Access Working at Height html or pdf [size: 88KB ]

Jul 2004 Workers Burned by Wet Concrete html or pdf [size: 51KB ]

Jun 2004 Tyre Fitter Killed by Exploding Tyre html or pdf [size: 69KB ]

Feb 2004 Welder Struck by Disintegrated Disc pdf [size: 51KB ]

Feb 2004 Brisket Roller Accident pdf [size: 57KB ]

Feb 2004 Bale Wrapper Accident pdf [size: 80KB ]

Jan 2004 Miners Overcome by Petrol Fumes Underground pdf [size: 20KB ]

Dec 2003 Vehicle Wheelchair Hoist Accident pdf [size: 249KB ]

Nov 2003 Patient Receives Fatal Injuries in Fall pdf [size: 65KB ]

Sept 2003 Truck Driver Dies in Loading Accident pdf [size: 41KB ]

May 2003 Quarry Crusher Fatality pdf [size: 71KB ]

Mar 2003 Serious Harm Accident Involving a Triplex Ride-On Mower pdf [size: 132KB ]

Jan 2003 Children Fall Through Suspended Ceilings pdf [size: 21KB ]

Nov 2002 - Replaced Jan 2010 by Hazard Alert 51 Steel Splinters Cause Eye Injuries

Oct 2002 Towing Tractor Tips Over pdf [size: 79KB ]

Sept 2002 Fingers Amputated in Beef Chain pdf [size: 161KB ]

Sept 2002 Truck Driver Killed in Fall pdf [size: 72KB ]

Jun 2002 Fatality While Unloading a Semi-Curtainsider pdf [size: 61KB ]

Apr 2002 Fatal Drilling Accident at a Quarry pdf [size: 76KB ]

Mar 2002 - Replaced Jan 2010 by Hazard Alert 50 Go-Kart Overturns Causing Flash Fire

Mar 2002 Tyre Explodes During Inflation pdf [size: 41KB ]

Feb 2002 Truck and Trailer Roll Over pdf [size: 29KB ]

Jan 2002 Escalators in Shopping Malls and Similar Situations pdf [size: 36KB ]

Sept 2001 Near-Miss Incident: Blade Breaks Loose in Mulcher pdf [size: 32KB ]

Sept 2001 Projectile Thrown from Tractor Mower Attachment Causes Serious Injury pdf [size: 38KB ]

Sept 2001 Unsafe Towing Technique Leads to Severe Injuries pdf [size: 36KB ]

Sept 2001 Accident Involving a Rizzi Shaving Machine pdf [size: 34KB ]

Sept 2001 - Replaced Dec 2009 by Hazard Alert 45 - Serious Harm Accident Involving a Bacon Slicer

Aug 2001 Swimming Pool Accident pdf [size: 19KB ]

Jun 2001 Portable Grinder Accident pdf [size: 28KB ]

Feb 2001 Forklift accident case history No. 6: Fork Dislodges off Fork-Carriage onto Operator's Leg pdf [size: 82KB ]

Oct 1999 Forklift accident case history No. 5: Worker Crushed Between two Containers pdf [size: 60KB ]

Mar 1999 Accident Involving a COMPAC Fruit Grading Machine pdf [size: 36KB ]

Nov 1998 - Replaced Jan 2010 by Hazard Alert 48 - Gantry crane fatal accident

Feb 1997 Failure to isolate or lockout machine results in injury to hand pdf [size: 184KB ]

Feb 1997 MIG welding explosion: aluminium boat pdf [size: 196KB ]

Jan 1997 Forklift accident case history No. 4: Person in Danger During Unloading pdf [size: 14KB ]

Jan 1997 School pupil dies after falling through glass window pdf [size: 289KB ]

Oct 1996 Serious Go-Kart Accidents Prompt Review pdf [size: 24KB ]

Nov 1995 Near-miss incident - Axle stand fails under load pdf [size: 251KB ]

Aug 1995 Battery Explosions from jump starting pdf [size: 172KB ]

Aug 1995 Electrocution - welding in wet conditions pdf [size: 257KB ]

Aug 1995 Piling rig injury - track machine (caterpillar type - articulated steel-band tracks) pdf [size: 257KB ]

Apr 1995 Mechanic injured while using a torque multiplier pdf [size: 137KB ]

Jan 1995 Forklift accident case history No. 1 pdf [size: 371KB ]

Jan 1995 Forklift accident case history No. 2 pdf [size: 295KB ]

Jan 1995 Forklift accident case history No. 3 pdf [size: 350KB ]

Nov 1994 Driver dies after fall from top of container pdf [size: 401KB ]

Sep 1994 - Revoked Jan 2010 - Fatal accident involving crane and overhead power lines

Sep 1994 Port worker crushed between bales of wood pulp pdf [size: 376KB ]

Sep 1994 Safety with truss presses pdf [size: 441KB ]

May 1994 Automotive parts washers warning for users pdf [size: 194KB ]

May 1994 Kitchen staff suffer serious burns pdf [size: 165KB ]

May 1994 Paint fumes ignite during vessel maintenance causing serious accident pdf [size: 389KB ]

Aug 1993 Serious port accident - worker struck by steel band pdf [size: 297KB ]

Jun 1993 Build-up of toxic fumes in refrigerated hold halts work pdf [size: 388KB ]

Jun 1993 Fall during log-loading kills waterside worker pdf [size: 450KB ]

Mar 1993 Deaths of farm youngsters highlight need for greater parent care pdf [size: 221KB ]

Dec 1992 Arm amputated by timber trimming saw pdf [size: 214KB ]

Nov 1992 Watersider struck by log loader pdf [size: 325KB ]