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How Silence is Threatening the Safety of ACT Workers

Announcement posted by DesignBuild Source 06 Aug 2012

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Unsafe construction industry practices have led Attorney General Simon Corbell to call for an official safety probe.

The news comes after a notable increased injury and fatality rate in Australia’s capital and following the death of 21-year-old concreter Ben Catanzariti, who was killed after being hit by a concrete boom on a Kingston work site.

Corbell has been most recently concerned by “a tendency in some parts of the industry for profit margins to be traded off against workers’ safety,”which, in itself, has brought additional controversy.

Latest reports on the ongoing issues now indicate that a code of silence is perpetuating the growing industry issues.

According to former electrical leading hand and safety officer Adam Usher, a number of witnessed safety breaches had gone unchecked and were not properly dealt with. Usher goes so far as to explain.....

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