Qld: Widow makes plea for worker safety

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
Qld: Widow makes plea for worker safety

The widow of a Brisbane road worker has made a heartfelt plea for safer workplaces.

25-year-old TOM TAKURAU died in hospital after being crushed by a concrete beam at
the Eastern Busway construction site at Buranda in inner-city Brisbane in December 2008.

His widow KRYSTAL ROSS has told a crowd of about 12 hundred union members and their
families at a rally to mark International Workers Memorial Day .. safety has to be a priority.

She says she doesn't want to see another name on another plaque .. on another construction
site .. for someone who was simply doing their job.

Ms ROSS and State Industrial Relations Minister CAMERON DICK have laid flowers at a
new stone memorial on Roma Street .. dedicated to workers who've died or been injured
at work.

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KEYWORD: SAFETY QLD (BRISBANE)

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