WorkSafe reports reveal three workers were hospitalised after seriously injuring their hands between May and July, including two subcontractors in the space of two weeks.
Workers' fingers have been severed during construction of the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel, in what the project's builders have called an unprecedented cluster of safety incidents.reveal three workers were hospitalised after seriously injuring their hands between May and July, including two subcontractors in the space of two weeks.
"We have never had a cluster of four significant incidents in such a short period before," Mr Walsh wrote. "We are all aware that the project has been disrupted by PFAS and COVID, and that these could, if not addressed, potentially impact our people's focus."revealed last week A spokeswoman for project builder John Holland said hand incidents were "unfortunately common" across the construction industry. John Holland and the project's other builders, CPB Contractors, have put up signs showing a hand with four fingers and the phrase "things are getting out of hand" at project worksites to raise awareness about safe practices.flags unsafe work practices at the project's Millers Road site in Brooklyn.
He had been cutting plywood to build a crate to store excess material while being contracted by labour hire firm CCS to perform concrete work for four days. He was transported to Footscray Hospital, where his finger was reattached during surgery. A construction source estimated there had been eight calls for ambulances on the West Gate Tunnel project this year, including two for cases of chest pain. The government would not confirm this or say how many injuries had occurred on the project.
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