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Scaffold collapse highlights the importance of safe design

2019-05-03 10:08 | Anonymous

From Worksafe's Media Release dated 1 May 2019:

"A scaffolding company has been fined $150,000 after a poorly designed scaffold collapsed while seven people were working on it.

Affordable Scaffolding (2010) Limited was sentenced at the Auckland District Court last month following the February 2017 incident involving a scaffold erected under the Panmure Bridge in Auckland. The scaffold collapsed while seven workers were completing maintenance work on the bridge. Six workers fell into the water and another was trapped on the scaffolding. No-one was seriously injured.

A WorkSafe investigation found the collapse occurred due to overloading. It found Affordable Scaffolding (2010) Limited failed to ensure scaffolding was designed safely and load calculations and design drawings were not reviewed by an engineer prior to the scaffold being built."

Se the full media release here:  https://worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/scaffold-collapse-highlights-the-importance-of-safe-design/

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