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Construction sites
The construction industry employed 936,000 people in 2006-07, representing 9% of the Australian workforce.
Construction sites have particular hazards that create risks not only for the construction worker, but also for members of the public.
People working in the construction industry are more than twice as likely to be killed at work as the average worker in all Australian industries.
Key resources
The following information and fact sheets are particularly relevant to construction work:
- Construction work - series of five fact sheets covering demolition, excavation, induction training and tilt up wall panels and pre-cast concrete
- Plant
- Certification for industrial equipment
- Electrical work
- Falls from 2 metres or more
- Hazardous substances
- Asbestos
- Hazards of working in heat
- Spray painting
- Abrasive blasting
- Vibration
- Noise