Machinery & Equipment
2021/04 – Finger Injury with Concrete Chute
Injured person sustained a broken finger when impacted by a folding concrete chute.
See case study2021/01 – Edge Protection on Pick-up Truck
This lesson learned serves to highlight the potential hazards associated with working off a pick-up truck that is not equipped with edge protection.
See case study2020/08 – Vehicle and Spotter Contact
Resurfacing works were being carried at a newly installed crossroad junction. A worker stepped towards a bitumen spray truck on the assumption it was going straight. At the same time the bitumen spray truck driver swung the truck left resulting in the back of the bitumen spray truck swinging out to the right. The protruding back steps on the bitumen spray truck stuck the worker in the left shoulder knocking him to the ground.
See case study2020/07 – Pick-Up Catches Fire
While driving along a dual carriageway, the driver felt heat emanating from the driver’s footwell. Quickly, the cab of the vehicle filled with black smoke. The driver pulled the vehicle over to the hard shoulder and departted the vehicle shortly before it went up in flames.
See case study2020/05 – Construction Work on Farms and Use of Concrete Slats
The Health and Safety Authority issued this safety alert in 2020 following a fatal accident involving construction work on a farm.
See case study2020/04 – Hand Crush Injury
Operatives were removing 1-meter kerbs from the shutter. The excavator driver was attempting to pick-up a kerb with the bucket of the machine when the injured person entered the red zone to assist the machine driver by lifting the front of the kerb into the excavator bucket. Subsequently, the excavator driver manoeuvred the bucket and caught the worker’s left hand between the kerb and the bucket, causing injury.
See case study2020/03 – Thumb Injury using Drill
A worker was drilling unistrut using a 36-volt battery drill on an upturned cable reel. The worker was holding the unistrut in place with his left-hand and using the hand-held drill with their right. When drilling the unistrut, the drill slid across the unistrut and met the workers left-hand thumb, resulting in a serious injury to his thumb.
See case study2020/02 – Coordinating Interfacing Operations
Two individuals working for a subcontractor were injured in a fall from height. Tragically, one suffered fatal injuries. The scissor lift they were working from was struck by an overhead travelling crane operated by a third-party contractor engaged by the client, causing it to topple over.
See case study2020/01 – Combined Mitre and Bench Saw (Power Craft Type 48455)
The European Commission has issued a Safety Alert in January 2020 to notify of the cessation of sales of a Combined Mitre and Bench Saw of brand Power Craft (Type 48455) owing to reported safety and health issues with Batch number 5 709386 484552
See case study2019/08 – Failure of Job-Box Hinges
The lid of a Job-Box slammed closed on an individual's hand resulting in a 10mm laceration of their right hand, which warranted surgery.
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