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Toowoomba Second Range Crossing contractor fined $40,000
At a recent hearing in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court, a contractor on the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing was fined $40,000 for failing to comply with its health and safety duty exposing workers and others to a risk of serious injury or death.
In August 2015, the company was sub-contracted to design and supply ‘Pier Formwork and Headstock Falsework’ at the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing. It also provided and erected scaffolding and supplied personnel for work on a number of piers at the viaduct on the construction site.
On 23 April 2018, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland inspectors attended the TSRC site and inspected Pier 2 of the viaduct. The inspectors witnessed at least two workers on the pier prior to their inspection. The inspectors climbed the stretcher stairs to the decks of formwork. There were no controls to prevent persons from entering the scaffold stairs and accessing the formwork decks.
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IMPORTANT safety works have commenced on an intersection at Postmans Ridge, which will bolster freight movement through the Lockyer Valley and complement the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing.
The $4 million upgrade to the intersection of Murphys Creek Road and Brookside Place will realign the intersection to favour the B-double route, as well as add a dedicated right-turn lane into Brookside Place and improve sight distance for drivers.
The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing cut across the old Postmans Ridge Road, which created a cul-de-sac known as Brookside Place.
The intersection upgrade will mean westbound traffic on Murphys Creek Road will no longer have to give way, which will improve efficiency for both residents and freight operators.