Tag: health

Men’s Health Week: Top cancer risks hidden in everyday tradie tasks

In light of Men's Health Week, Built-it has revealed the top carcinogenic

By Paul Eyers 8 Min Read

Worker, told to ignore safety rules, suffers horror hand injury and is then sacked

A roofing manufacturer has been fined $40,000 after a worker's hand was

By Paul Eyers 5 Min Read

Heat mapping tool to help construction bosses left sweating over future heatwaves

a new nationwide heat mapping tool is set to help Aussie construction

By Paul Eyers 4 Min Read

Tradie drives to work in protective gear unable to remove venomous snake from ute

Newcastle construction worker Lisa Kournelis has tried to remove the hissing hitchhiker

By Paul Eyers 6 Min Read

Post-suicide training on the job-site can help protect mental health

Providing work friends and colleagues with the right support post-suicide or death

By Paul Eyers 7 Min Read

Tradies urged to listen up as ear-expert demolishes hearing loss misconceptions

Aussie tradies have been urged not to let the risks of work-site-induced

By Paul Eyers 6 Min Read

Tasmanian builder’s sky-high fine after scaffold fall leads to “horrific” worker injury

A Tasmanian building company could be fined up to $1.55 million after

By Paul Eyers 5 Min Read

From a ‘magic mineral’ to the stuff of nightmares: a 6,700-year history of asbestos

Asbestos is making national news once again after being found in contaminated

By Paul Eyers 8 Min Read

Victoria’s weather danger ignites heat-stress and fire warning for tradies

Construction workers in Victoria have been urged to take extra care this

By Paul Eyers 4 Min Read

How to build your own ice bath on a budget

If you saw one of your tradie mates bathing in a giant

By Paul Eyers 6 Min Read