Gold Coast crane accident: Woman taken to hospital after crane hits car on Monaco St at Broadbeach Waters on Monday
A contractor and a crane hire company have been pulled up by Workplace Health and Safety after an errant crane struck a car and left a woman injured.
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A CONTRACTOR and a crane hire company have been issued notices by Workplace Health and Safety after an errant crane struck a car and left a woman injured at Broadbeach Waters.
On Monday, a woman aged in her 50s was driving her vehicle along Monaco St about 7.20am when her car was hit by the crane.
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Later that day, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) told the Bulletin that inspectors were investigating.
Now, it’s been confirmed a number of prohibition notices have been issued in the wake of the unusual incident.
WHS issues prohibition notices to immediately halt work if it’s believed an activity at a workplace involves a serious risk to health or safety.
“A prohibition notice may include directions to stop the activity or to change the way the activity is done, to prevent illness or injury,” it’s stated.
A WHS spokeswoman said three of the notices had been issued to the contractor at the Broadbeach Waters site “for obstructing the road, site access and lifting adjacent to a road”.
“A prohibition notice was also issued to the crane hire company to cease using the crane until it has been inspected,” she said.
The driver was lucky to escape with minor injuries, Queensland Ambulance stated.
She was taken to Robina Hospital in a stable condition as a precaution.
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Queensland Ambulance Service was called to Monaco St at Broadbeach Waters about 7.20am on Monday.
They found a woman aged in her 50s who had been driving the car suffered fairly minor physical injuries in the incident.
Gold Coast police officers were also called to the Monaco St worksite after the incident.
They directed traffic in the area for some time shortly after the emergency.
It’s not clear exactly how the crane came into contact with the vehicle.
The woman was seemingly driving down the street as normal when the crane struck the car, a police spokeswoman said.
She was taken to Robina Hospital in a stable condition as a precaution.
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