FRUSTRATION is growing for WorkSafe ACT, as they say work health and safety breaches are being observed in residential construction “time and time again” in Canberra.

The watchdog has been consistently checking sites around Canberra since the launch of “Operation Safe Prospect” in 2020, following two “unexpected and tragic” deaths in the industry in January and February.

Since 2020, WorkSafe has completed 1363 workplace visits and issues 1655 improvement notices, 385 prohibition notices and 92 infringement notices.

Work Health and Safety Commissioner, Jacqueline Agius, said they continue to observe unsafe work practices and significant breaches of the work health and safety laws.

Commissioner Agius is reaching out to the ACT community to help curb the safety breaches in the sector.

“This is frustrating, disappointing and dangerous,” she said.

“Those responsible are not adequately managing site security or providing suitable worker amenities, and they are not adequately managing falls from heights.”

“As a community we all play a role in supporting each other to come home safely from work. I am asking Canberra to put health and safety first. If you see something on a worksite that isn’t right let us know.”