Page 2975 - Week 08 - Thursday, 17 August 2017

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written prohibition notice was issued on 6 April 2017 – this was lifted after certified clearance declaring the area was safe. A prohibition notice was also issued to Shaw Building Group (the contractor carrying out works at the TCH) (6 April 2017) to undertake a review of their safe working systems.

(d) In consultation with Shaw Building Group, and upon receipt of the reviewable documents, the prohibition notice was lifted on 10 April 2017.

(e) See response to (c).

(f) See response to (c).

(2) WorkSafe ACT does not have a routine inspection schedule for TCH.

(3) (a) Yes.

(b) what were the incidents that triggered those inspections?

(c) when were those incidents?

(d) when were those inspections?

(e) what were the outcomes?

Electrical cord damage on treatment bed

05/10/2012

17/10/2012

Various outcomes arose from the inspections including the provision of advice, education and guidance and compliance related action including the issuance of notices.

Investigations have been concluded on all incidents and no outstanding actions are recorded.

Staff assault

15/07/2013

06/08/2013

Hot water pipe burst

28/09/2013

04/10/2013

Damage to plant

04/10/2013

04/10/2013

Electric shock

03/01/2014

03/01/2014

Window panel fell during construction

06/01/2014

06/01/2014

Electrical shock to client

29/10/2014

29/10/2014

Uncontrolled leakage of a substance

18/02/2015

04/03/2015

Burst waste pipe in plant room

08/04/2015

06/05/2015

Water pipe hit during excavation works

25/08/2015

07/10/2015

Electrical incident

06/09/2015

07/09/2015

Person trapped in lift

14/10/2015

27/01/2016

Fall from ladder

23/11/2015

04 and 10/02/2016

Unsecure work site

18/01/2016

18 and 28/01/2016

Asbestos discovered

09/04/2016

09/04/2016

Nitrus Oxide release

21/08/2016

23 and 25/08/2016

Burst water pipe

06/10/2016

06/10/2016

Kitchen fire

21/02/2017

21/02/2017

NOTE: WorkSafe ACT does not attend all reported incidents. The need for a physical inspection is made based on a determination of the incident and its risk to health and safety (for example, a bullying complaint may not require an inspection) and a review of the remediation actions taken by the Person Conducting the Business or Undertaking (PCBU). The review also determines if the


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