Mines Safety Significant Incident Report No. 171
Fatality after fall from cantilevered scaffold platform
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Information:
An employee was killed when the cantilevered scaffold platform he was dismantling collapsed into the water at a ship loading facility in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The preliminary investigation indicates the cantilevered platform and associated “drop” scaffold was constructed using a modular prefabricated scaffold system and was installed under the wharf immediately above the sea.
Organisation:
Department of Mines and Petroleum
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Jurisdiction:
Relates to Western Australia (WA)
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