Minister for Work Health and Safety, The Hon Sophie Cotsis, has announced that SafeWork inspectors will be targeting work at heights safety on construction sites over the next 12 months.

Falls from heights are the number one cause of traumatic fatalities on NSW construction sites – with most serious falls being from roofs, ladders and scaffolds, and from a height of less than 4 metres.

For more information:

• see Channel 7 coverage of the Ministerial announcement
• complete this simple WAH safety checklist, to find out if your site has the appropriate work at heights safety controls in place
• attend this work at heights online webinar event on either 21 or 22 June, to talk with SafeWork inspectors.

Inspectors take a zero-tolerance approach to workers lives being placed at risk, and can issue on-the-spot fines of up to $3,600 for each falls risk.

See SafeWork's construction work at heights safety web page for more information.