An audit of Cross River Rail worksites, undertaken weeks before a worker plunged up to 12 metres onto concrete on Tuesday, identified safety issues with scaffolding on the project.
An audit of Cross River Rail worksites, undertaken weeks before a worker plunged up to 12 metres onto concrete on Tuesday, identified safety issues with scaffolding on the project, according to a workers’ union active on the site.
Nation “Nash” Kouka remained in a critical condition in Princess Alexandra Hospital on Wednesday afterA hospital spokeswoman said his family had requested privacy, so no further condition updates would be provided. “My understanding is the scaffolding had an audit actually at the Boggo Road site about a week or two ago – certainly this month – and it was given the tick,” he said.
“There are safety audits – we do a lot of safety compliance across this site regularly and we’ll continue to do that.”“He’s not in great shape,” he said.Ingham said “literally thousands of issues” had been raised by workers across Cross River Rail’s 15 worksites.
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