A message from Lorna Rechichi, May '23

Welcome team to the May edition of On the Hook.

I am going straight to safety this month following a serious incident relating to the uncontrolled movement of a 4.5 tonne mantle liner during installation by a Heavy Lift team during May. I ask that everyone review the communications on the incident and discuss and reflect on the seriousness of the potential consequences. One of our Life Saving Rules is to check that our loads are secured, and all personnel are removed from the load travel path and fall zone, these Life Saving Rules exist to keep us all safe, and it’s critical that all nine Life Saving Rules are always followed, without exception.

Remember ​​​our philosophy, The Safe Way is the Only Way, don’t take shortcuts, look out for your teammates. Ask yourself, does your task appear unsafe? If it does, stop work and take the time to find a safe way. The Safe Way is the Only Way to get our work done, it is your authority and your obligation to stop work if it is not safe to proceed and take the time to find the safe way. Speak up and engage with your workmates and others on the job site if you see that something they are doing is not safe.

Looking over the past 12-months we have continued to see asset damage incidents and we need to collectively act to ensure that we do not accept any unsafe actions or behaviours at any time. I ask everyone to please take your time, make sure your work areas are clear, be aware of your positioning and ensure there are clear lines of communication with your crew at all times.

Each one of us is responsible for our own safety and the safety of others. This is how we want to go about our work, we don’t put people at risk. Please be mindful, uphold our safety standards, and look out for each other as there is nothing more important than getting everyone home safely.  

A great example of teammates looking out for each other has been demonstrated by the team of Heavy lift ladies (Elayne, Ayla, Britt, Marisa, Lauren and myself) who have taken part in The May 50K challenge to raise funds for life-changing research into multiple sclerosis to support a Heavy Lift teammate. You can read more about the journey in this newsletter and if you would like to donate go to the attached fundraising page https://www.themay50k.org/fundraisers/heavylift.

For Reconciliation Week recently, we reflected and shared stories in our Heavy Lift monthly meeting on what reconciliation means. I would like to recognise our Indigenous employees within Heavy Lift and the specific contributions they make to our business. 

Our first new Tadano 400 tonne crawler arrived at the end of May together with a new 220 tonne hydraulic and we introduce you to our newest addition to the fleet – the Tadano 1,600 tonne crawler crane (the largest crane in Australia) due to arrive in July 2024 for the Car Dumper 3 Replacement project.

The Pluto 2 team finally received their first cargo into the Dampier Port. While it was not a very large load at 64 tonne (in the context of what is to come) it was a milestone moment and the culmination of a lot of hard work across the Fagioli and Monadelphous teams. Well done to all involved including the team onsite, and to all those supporting the project (Recruitment, Planning, Mobilisation, Engineering, HSE, Contracts and Commercial).

Finally, I would like to welcome to the team a number of new starters and congratulate Evie and Ling on their five years of service, and further recognise Evie for successfully completing the graduate program and being promoted to Project Engineer.

Across the Engineering Construction (EC) division we continue to make good progress on numerous opportunities that have been worked on over many months, with several tenders now in final discussions. We hope to share more in the coming months.

Please stay safe and remember every day at work and every time you execute a task: ​The Safe Way is the Only Way.

Lorna