The emails also suggest people onsite witnessed “people pulling scaffolding apart” and the site in an “unsafe state”.The leak of correspondence follows the April 2019 workplace death where a 17-metre-high scaffolding tower collapsed on 18-year-old apprentice Christopher Cassaniti and his 39-year-old colleague, Khald Wehbe.
Darren Greenfield, the New South Wales state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union , says breaches like those revealed in the leaks most often occur with the growing pressure to save time and money.The leak of correspondence follows the April 2019 workplace death where a 17-metre-high scaffolding tower collapsed on 18-year-old apprentice Christopher Cassaniti and his 39-year-old colleague, Khald Wehbe.
As tragic as the scaffolding collapse was that killed Christopher Cassaniti and seriously injured Khaled Wehbe, union representative Darren Greenfield claims it could easily have been so much worse. While it may take years for the investigation to determine what caused Christopher’s death, it has prompted unions to call for the introduction of nationwide industrial manslaughter laws. These
Not good enough, Major sites like these are supposed to be the safest of sites given the nature of the safety management policies, complete failure by the company of the warnings were real and not acted upon