In August 2020, a man suffered serious injuries after falling from an earthmoving machine he was apparently doing maintenance on. Early investigations indicate the man fell while exiting the machine.
Investigations are continuing.
Preventing a similar incident
The operation of powered mobile plant which includes but is not limited to earthmoving machinery (e.g. graders, scrapers, bulldozers and excavators) at workplaces, exposes people to a range of health and safety risks. These include:
- plant operators and service personnel falling from earthmoving equipment during the onsite inspection, maintenance, or repairs. (Source – Worksafe Victoria)
- the plant colliding or contacting people or objects such as other vehicles or plant and energized powerlines
- the plant overturning
- objects falling on the operator
- the operator being ejected from the plant
Read more… (“QLD Govt eSafe Incident Alert”)