Construction sites with contract sum of $5 million and more must install surveillance cameras where high-risk work is done.
Offences include failing to have protective structures to prevent falls, not appointing competent people to perform critical duties, and failing to inspect or maintain equipment.
Offences include failing to have protective structures to prevent falls, not appointing competent people to perform critical duties, and failing to inspect or maintain equipment such as cranes and scaffolds.Thirty-six workers died in 2023, a 21.7 per cent drop from the 46 deaths in 2022, and there were 590 major injuries in 2023, down from 614 in 2022.
These include a video surveillance system to detect workers not wearing their helmets and vests properly. Video surveillance to be mandatory at construction projects worth $5m and up to boost workplace safetyThough there were improvements in the construction sector, it was still a top contributor of fatal and major injuries in 2023.
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