WORKERS at the Port Kembla BlueScope Steel facility are taking part in a “Stop for Safety” campaign supporting the Australian Workers’ Union’s ban on the use of high pressure hoses.
The campaign was started in remembrance of the death of Setaleki Kolomaka, who died in an incident where he was hit in the chest when he lost his grip on a high pressure water blaster.
According to the Union, the equipment will need to be altered before workers can resume using the hose.
In a memo circulated to its Port Kembla employees, BlueScope Steel asked them to consider the high risk tasks they undertake and safe ways to do their work.

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