Question On Notice No. 2124 asked in the Legislative Council on 8 May 2019 by Hon Tjorn Sibma
Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Industrial Relations
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 2781-
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Question
Regarding work safety notices issued by WorkSafe inspectors for the Forrestfield Airport Link project, for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 (to date), I ask:
(a) how many verbal directions, improvement notices and prohibition notices have been issued; and
(b) how many provisional improvement notices were confirmed, modified or cancelled:
(i) with respect to (a) and (b) above, what were the specific details of each direction and/or notice issued;
(ii) when were they issued; and
(iii) what actions occurred to remediate those workplace hazards?
Answered on 12 June 2019
(a) WorkSafe inspections and compliance monitoring activities at the Forrestfield-Airport Link project have been against the main contractor, Salini-Impreglio-NRW joint venture (Salini). Salini was awarded the contractual responsibility for the design, construction and maintenance of the Forrestfield-Airport Link site in April 2016. Notices are issued to employers with reference to the location of their registered business, not where their work is conducted.
Salini has been issued the following from WorkSafe:
2017: 17 verbal directions, 14 improvement notices and 1 prohibition notice.
2018: 19 verbal directions, 5 improvement notices and 1 prohibition notice.
2019 (YTD): Nil verbal direction, 1 improvement notice and 0 prohibition notices
(b) Nil for 2017, 2018 and 2019 (YTD)
(i)-(iii) See tabled paper no.]