Cross River Rail builder slapped with improvement notices over muddy worksite
The site of one of Cross River Rail’s future stations has been hit by yet another round of health and safety notices, this time due to wet weather.
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A CONSTRUCTION site for Cross River Rail has once again been put on notice, just months after the same site was caught breaking asbestos guidelines.
The Courier-Mail understands the construction site of the future Albert St station was on Tuesday hit with ‘a handful’ of improvement notices by Workplace Health and Safety.
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The revelations come after the CFMEU took to Facebook yesterday to accuse builder CPB Contractors of “expecting workers to wade through ankle deep mud to do their jobs” at the Brisbane City site.
The powerful union also alleged requests to backfill gravel along paths had been ignored by CPB.
Following a week of heavy rain across the southeast, pictures published by the union show the site has turned into a muddy pit.
The improvement notices include notice to fix alleged inadequate access and egress to work areas.
Under state law, improvement notices compel the recipient to fix a situation on a worksite which is law-breaking.
Failure to do so could result in an on-the-spot fine or further action being taken against the site.
CPB Contractors declined to comment.
The notices follow revelations in December that the same site was issued with two improvement notices over alleged mishandling of asbestos material.
It led the CFMEU to demand the Palaszczuk Government intervene in the situation, claiming the state of works were endangering lives.
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