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Queensland Building and Construction Commission issues ‘please explain’ to MPG Constructions Queensland

The building company behind a dangerous accident at a Gold Coast construction site has been issued a “please explain” from the state’s building watchdog.

A crane snapped its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground narrowly missing a pedestrian in Bondi Ave Mermaid Beach. Picture Glenn Hampson
A crane snapped its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground narrowly missing a pedestrian in Bondi Ave Mermaid Beach. Picture Glenn Hampson

THE building company behind a dangerous accident at a Gold Coast construction site has been issued a “please explain” from the state’s building watchdog.

An elderly woman narrowly avoided being crushed by a 500kg hook that fell from a crane at Mermaid Beach last week. Locals in the area heard a large crash on Bondi Avenue just before 11am Thursday.

The woman, who lives in the area, had been “two metres” from where the crane part landed as she walked home from a local cafe, a business owner said.

A crane snapped its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground narrowly missing a pedestrian in Bondi Ave Mermaid Beach. Picture Glenn Hampson
A crane snapped its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground narrowly missing a pedestrian in Bondi Ave Mermaid Beach. Picture Glenn Hampson

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She was “shaken” but not physically hurt.

It is believed the accident happened after wires snapped. Damaged wires were clearly visible on the hook after it fell to the ground.

Workmen repair a crane snapped that its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground. Picture Glenn Hampson
Workmen repair a crane snapped that its cable and dropped its 400kg hook to the ground. Picture Glenn Hampson

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The Queensland Building and Construction Commission issued a notice of proposed licence conditions on MPG Constructions Queensland on Friday.

The company has seven days to demonstrate to the QBCC why strict licence conditions shouldn’t be imposed.

Workers after the crane incident. Picture Glenn Hampson
Workers after the crane incident. Picture Glenn Hampson

If the company can’t convince the QBCC it can operate safely, it will be hit with similar conditions as imposed on industry juggernaut Multiplex in the wake of three men being injured at the $1.4 billion Jewel development site.

The men had been working in a confined space in the lower car park area of the Surfers Paradise development when a three-and-half-tonne metal cable conduit fell around three metres from above.

It ordered the company to review its workplace health and safety management plan in the presence of an independent auditor and report to the regulator every three months until Jewel is completed.

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