Safety and health alerts - 1999

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• 01-99 Spontaneous combustion
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 02-99 Young worker injured hay baling
  Topic: New and young workers,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 03-99 Dogger run over by tractor crane
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 04-99 Tilt-up panel falls over
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 05-99 Falling bricks pin bricklayer
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 06-99 Recreational diving accident-night dive
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Cultural and recreational services
  


• 07-99 Recreational diving accident-guided dive
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Cultural and recreational services
  


• 08-99 Jockey dies when hit by lightning
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Cultural and recreational services
  


• 09-99 Operating pressurised plant
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Wholesale and retail
  


• 10-99 Farmer injured in all-terrain vehicle (atv) accident
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 11-99 Leptospirosisin the dairy and meat industry
  Topic: Disease health,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 12-99 Young worker manual handling 20 litre paint_tins
  Topic: Manual handling,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 13-99 Fall from ceiling joist
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 14-99 Manual handling fastwall lintels
  Topic: Manual handling,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 15-99 Carbon monoxide poisoning from LPG forklift exhaust fu
  Topic: Confined spaces,
  Industry: Wholesale and retail
  


• 16-99 Skylarking burns down factory
  Topic: New and young workers,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 17-99 Mobile scaffold collapse an injury
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 18-99 Static electicity suspected of igniting petrol
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 19-02 Young worker injured by exploding tyre and rim
  Topic: New and young workers,
  Industry: Wholesale and retail
  


• 21-99 Unsafe system for mixing chemicals
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 22-99 Dangers of working near overhead power lines
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Construction
  


• 37-99 Explosion of wheelbarrow tyre during inflation
  Topic: General,
  Industry: General or All
  


• 38-99 Unsafe systems in aluminium boat construction
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 39-99 Pressurised canister explodes injuring apprentices han
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Transport and storage
  


• 40-99 Steel block ejected from power press
  Topic: Guarding,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 41-99 Elevating work platform operator injured
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: General or All
  


• 42-99 Crayboat deckhand injured in pot setting accident
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 43-99 Chain slips from chain shortener
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 44-99 MIG Welding wire injures eye
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 50-99 Confined space work
  Topic: Confined spaces,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 52-99 Employee injured by inadequately guarded PTO coupling
  Topic: Guarding,
  Industry: Agriculture forestry and fishing
  


• 54-99 Occupational asthma associated with exposure to isocya
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 55-99 Hair dryer gives hairdresser electric shock
  Topic: Electricity,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 56-99 Trained fork lift operator injured
  Topic: Forklifts,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 57-99 Falls from heights-boatbuilding
  Topic: Working at height,
  Industry: Manufacturing
  


• 58-99 Tow truck accident endangers lives
  Topic: General,
  Industry: Personal and other services
  


• 60-99 Enriched air nitrox (EANX) compressor systems
  Topic: Hazardous substances,
  Industry: Cultural and recreational services
  


• 61-99 Employee dies in wood chipper accident
  Topic: Plant and machinery,
  Industry: Personal and other services