Tag: gate safety

In a recent judgment, the NSW District Court considered an incident where a 200 kg sliding gate at a demolition site on Parramatta Road, Leichhardt collapsed onto a woman and her three children as they walked past. A scaffold worker had opened the gate to move a parked truck, causing it...

WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the death of a 57-year-old truck driver who was fatally crushed by a gate at a Dandenong South depot. (more…)

A gate manufacturing and repair company has been convicted and fined $350,000 after a truck driver was fatally crushed under a falling gate at a Dandenong depot. (more…)

Recently a Queensland worker died after a large steel sliding gate fell on him, according to WorkSafe Qld. (more…)

A Victorian commercial carpentry business specialising in hoarding construction was fined $40,000 and ordered to pay WorkSafe’s cost of $4,132 under a recent prosecution following an injury involving a worksite gate in 2022. (more…)

A recent alarming incident at a UK school underscores the critical need for effective gate safety measures, a message from Gate Safe UK. (more…)

Recent surveys by Gate Safe, a UK charity dedicated to improving automated gate safety, have uncovered alarming design flaws in swing gates that compromise their safety. (more…)

The collapse of a 30-foot-long, 400-pound gate underscores the critical need for stringent safety protocols. (more…)

WorkSafe Victoria charged a gate manufacturing and repair business after the death of another company's worker in April 2022. (more…)

A Northern Territory worker has received serious crush injuries that required surgery in the final days of 2022. (more…)