• Insufficient skills (competency) to complete the required task.
• Inadequate consultation with relevant employees.
• Inadequate competent supervision.
• Planning for required equipment not carried out.
• Improvisation using inappropriate equipment.

• Poor lighting provided to the work face, especially in Slip or Jump Form and other enclosed areas.
• Access ways not suitably defined or lighted.

• Access to work area (the deck) cluttered – poor housekeeping.
• Area around work area cluttered with stored materials and/or rubbish.
• Inadequate access for steel fixers and their materials.
• Deck incomplete, formwork or other trades still working.
• Schedule accelerated - concretors laying before steel fixers complete deck.

• No handrail, midrail or fenderboard.
• Gaps in perimeter protection, e.g. between screen or edge scaffold.
• No catch scaffold provided.

• Penetration/s not meshed covered, marked and secured

• Formwork failure- structurally inadequate.
• Formwork not inspected

• Personal protective clothing – sunscreen 15-30+, shirt, flap on safety helmet not worn.
• AS rate sunglasses not worn.

• No water available in work area to flush eye/s.
• Eye protection not worn for tasks where particles are flung into the air, e.g. cleaning sawdust off the deck with compressed air.
• No PPE or incorrect PPE worn for the required task.

• Deck slippery due to sawdust left behind by previous trade.
• Deck wet,
• Deck ply new.
• Sharp edges on wire penetration covers not turned down.

• Inadequate supply of cold drinking water provided to the work area.
• Suitable work clothing not worn e.g. loose light coloured clothing.
• Work environment. Shaded areas or temporary cover not erected.
• Limited job rotation opportunities.

• Insufficient lifting equipment provided to undertake task
• Where manual lifting is required, insufficient manpower provided to undertake the required task, e.g. lifting of large diameter bars.
• Limited job rotation opportunities

• Certificated Dogger or crane driver not used.
• No warning given to steel fixers by dogger landing load onto the deck.
• Individual loads not inspected and cleared before lifting commences, resulting in short items not adequately secured by slings.
• Dogger piggy backing or doubling up loads using varying length slings – unslinging lower load while upper load remains suspended directly above.
• Slings not regularly inspected and tested. 
• Sling capacity overloaded.
• Load not slung correctly, e.g. long loads centre slung, loads cradled or lifted using straps/wires tied around steel instead of using the correct sling/chain.
• Stirrups and other small components lifted in non approved container, e.g. 44 gallon drum or similar.
• Dragging trapped slings out  from under loads using the crane.
• Load strikes object, e.g. structure, when lifting or lowering.
• Communication error between Dogger and crane driver.

• Mechanical lifting device (e.g. crane) not used.
• Steel not sorted requiring unnecessary double handling.
• Steel dumped onto deck with no consideration to placing requirements, e.g. bottom steel not placed on top of the stack.
• Steel for different areas not easily identified, e.g. colour coded with paint spots/bands.

• Steel flakey with splinters.
• No PPE or incorrect PPE for the required task. 

• No PPE or incorrect PPE for the required task.
• Suitably strong and flexible leather gloves not available or not worn.
• Shorts worn exposing lower legs to injury.

• Mechanical lifting device not used. 
• If manual handling required, team lifting not used to carry large diameter bars – insufficient manpower to do the job.
• Individual carries too many bars at the one time.
• Constant bending over and pushing when placing steel. 
• Levering or dragging heavy steel. 
• Manually lifting prefabricated steel into position, e.g. column cage.
• Limited job rotation opportunities.

• Eye protection ( AS/NZS 1337 & 1338) not worn. 
• Other trades working on the deck when steel fixers are placing steel.
• Poor co-ordination when carrying and placing steel.

• No handrail, midrail or fenderboard. Inadequate strength in perimeter edge protection. 
• Gaps in perimeter edge protection, e.g. between screen and edge of scaffold. 
• Area around work area cluttered with stored materials and/or rubbish. 
• No catch scaffold provided. 

• Walking backwards when placing steel. 
• Planks not provided to cover deep beams. 
• Penetrations not meshed, covered, secured and marked 

• No PPE or incorrect PPE for the required task e.g. occupational protective gloves (AS/NZS 2161). 

• Steel wet or greasy. 
• Not watching feet when walking over steel. 
• Steel reinforcement sags/ gives way – not enough ties or chairs.

• Electrical equipment faulty.
• Extension lead faulty or damaged.
• Lead severed by angle grinder disk or saw blade.
• Earth Leakage Switch not installed on mains supply or portable generator.

• Grinder disk or saw blade unguarded.
• Guard faulty.
• Cutting disk or saw blade damaged causing tool to catch and jump. 
• Cutting disk badly worn – blade disintegrates. 
• Wrong type of blade or cutting disk used. 
• Grinder not fitted with 'Dead Mans' switch. 

Fire and/or burns to the body e.g. arms and legs

Damage to eyes.

• No PPE or incorrect PPE for the required task. 
• Hot cut piece not constrained. 
• Long guns (extended nozzles) not used for constrained work areas. 
• Damage to hoses or equipment – stray spark ignites leaking gas. 
• No flashback arresters. 

• Work area not cleared of combustible material prior to cutting
• Stray spark ignites clothing. 
• Damage to hoses or equipment – stray spark ignites leaking gas.
• Fire extinguisher not maintained or adjacent to work area.
• Workers not trained in the use of fire fighting equipment. 

• No PPE or incorrect PPE for the required task. e.g. occupational protective gloves (AS/NZS 2161). 
• Shorts worn exposing lower legs to injury. 
• Low steel reinforcement, e.g. columns starter bars, not fitted with caps. 

• Repetitious bending, twisting and cutting with nips. 
• Insufficient rest periods between jobs. 
• Longer handles not used on nips to minimise pressure required to cut wire. 
• Limited job rotation opportunities.

• No handrail, midrail or fenderboard. 
• Gaps in perimeter edge protection, e.g. between screen or edge scaffold. 
• Area around work area cluttered with stored materials and/or rubbish. 
• No catch scaffold provided.

• Tie wire not bent in/down.
• Soles on boots worn out – too thin.
• Tip on bar chair ends missing.

• Boot gets caught between steel reinforcement – different sized reinforcement occurs over the work area. 
• Steel reinforcement sags/ gives way – not enough ties or chairs. 
• Trip over steel. 

• Too much tension applied to wire causing tie to break. 
• Working too fast. 

• No mechanical devices (e.g. cranes) used. 
• If manual handling required, team lifting not used to carry large diameter bars – insufficient manpower to do the job.
• Poor design of Slip Form requiring the lifting of heavy and long bars vertically over top deck perimeter protection and lowering into vertical walls in working deck below.
• Constant bending over and forceful pushing when placing steel. 
• Limited job rotation opportunities.

•  Team lifting not used to lower large diameter bars – insufficient manpower to do the job. 
• Lose grip on bar when lowering – bar too heavy or worker tired. 
• Slip Form perimeter protection on working deck too low when lowering heavy and long bars vertically over perimeter protection from top deck above.

• Ladder hatch left open or hatch missing. 
• No wire mesh covering penetrations or mesh temporarily removed for access. 

• Access to work area cluttered – poor housekeeping. 
• Top deck of Slip or Jump Form cluttered with stored materials and/or rubbish. 

• Inadequate supply of cold drinking water provided to the work area. 
• Suitable work clothing e.g. loose light coloured clothing. 
• Work environment. Work in shaded areas or erect temporary cover. 

• Poor lighting provided especially inside Slip or Jump Form or other enclosed areas.