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Balcony collapse: Call for mandatory inspections after two die in Doncaster East tragedy

20 December 2017PropertySafe

PropertySafe and many other industry experts are calling on the Government to mandate balcony inspections, after a balcony collapsed at a rented residential property in Melbourne’s east killing two people and injuring 17 others. Emergency services described “chaotic” scenes after the balcony collapsed during a Christmas party in Doncaster East on Saturday. Investigations are now…

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Is your balcony safe?

23 June 2017Jacob Ross

We are fast approaching the dead of winter – if you own a property with a balcony, you may not have used it in weeks. Now is the perfect time to conduct a quick safety check on your balcony and check for any repairs it may need. It only takes a few minutes, but it…

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Injury the biggest killer of Australian children, new report finds

12 June 2017PropertySafe

Originally published: here The first national profile on childhood injury in Australia has been released. The full report is available here, and the call the action statement here. Injuries are the number one cause of death in children under 17, finds the first ever national study of nearly 700,000 hospitalisations over the past 10 years….

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Shocking home injury statistics – May 2017

23 May 2017PropertySafe

At PropertySafe, we are committed to property inspections that save lives and prevent injury. We know we have already managed to prevent deaths and personal harm by identifying risks in the home and we are dedicated to continuing to do this every day. To ensure our reports cover as many safety risks as possible, we…

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Toddler, 2, drowns in backyard pool tragedy

19 September 2014PropertySafe

A two-year-old boy has died after being found floating unconscious in a backyard pool in Sydney’s north west this morning. CareFlight’s rapid response trauma team were called to the home in Stanhope Gardens shortly after 10am where neighbours were frantically performing CPR on the toddler. Landing about 300 metres away at Blacktown Leisure Centre, CareFlight’s…

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New guide on deck and balcony safety

4 June 2014PropertySafe

Acting Fair Trading Commissioner Robert Vellar today announced a new NSW guide on balcony and deck safety (PDF size: 387kb) and encouraged homeowners to do regular inspections and maintenance. Mr Vellar said there had been a number of recent incidents in NSW and other states involving balconies and decks that had resulted in injury or death. “Outdoor…

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Architects call for tighter rules after estimates up to 12,000 decks at risk of collapse

2 June 2014PropertySafe

Up to 12,000 balconies and decks across Australia could be at risk of potentially deadly collapse, architects say. The Australian Institute of Architects has released its most recent estimates of at-risk decks. It comes after a baby died on the Central Coast of New South Wales last month when a balustrade gave way. Archicentre, which…

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Five injured after beach house balcony collapses in Lancelin

2 June 2014PropertySafe

Five people have been taken to hospital, including two with suspected spinal injuries, after a balcony collapsed in a coastal town north of Perth. Ten people were on the balcony of the two-storey beach house in Lancelin on Sunday afternoon when the structure gave way. Four ambulances were called to the town, 130 kilometres north…

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Boy stable after window fall

15 May 2014PropertySafe

A two-year-old Central Coast boy is in a stable condition after falling through a window onto concrete yesterday. The boy was flown to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a serious condition and sustained head injuries, after falling several metres from a property in Kincumber. Link to source: NBN News 15 May 2014

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Incredibly lucky: Liam Dewinter, 2, falls 2.5 m to concrete with no significant injuries

26 March 2014PropertySafe

THERE is lucky and then there is two-year-old Liam Dewinter, who survived a 2.5m fall on to concrete virtually unscathed yesterday. Liam was on a small landing above stairs leading from the second storey of his Norah Head home when he slipped beneath a horizontal railing shortly before 2pm. It is the third serious balcony…

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Baby killed after balcony fall

16 March 2014PropertySafe

A three-month old boy has died after he and his mother fell from a second-floor balcony on the central coast. The baby fell more than five metres from the Niagara Park home near Gosford just after 1pm on Sunday afternoon. He was taken to Gosford Hospital and transferred to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead by…

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Child dies after getting caught in blind cord

30 January 2014PropertySafe

A toddler has died in Sydney’s north-west after she became entangled in a blind cord while she slept in her cot. A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics were called to a home on Hall Road in Hornsby about 2.30pm on Thursday. The 16-month-old girl was unconscious and in cardiac arrest when emergency services arrived. She…

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