A statewide audit of infrastructure projects has resulted in up to 20 infringement notices being issue across the Riverina and southern slopes for unsafe scaffolding.
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Since April, a total of 64 building sites around the region have been visited by SafeWork NSW representatives.
The sites transcend the manufacturing, construction, agriculture and transport industry operations.
Auditors discovered 20 instances of unsafe scaffolding requiring immediate stop of work until improvements could be made.
Additionally, 12 notices were issued relating to incomplete or modified scaffolding.
The specifics of each infringement, including its location, have not yet been publicised by SafeWork NSW.
In the same period across the state, SafeWork NSW has visited more than 700 construction sites and issued 832 notices, carrying up to $109,000 in on-the-spot fines.
The audit follows an announcement earlier this year by NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, Kevin Anderson, committing to make building sites across the state safer for employees.
The release of local results also corresponds with the state of National Safe Work Month, which began this week.
"It is clear that more needs to be done to get the safety message through to people, which is why this month the NSW Government will be rolling out a number of new initiatives which aim to protect workers from serious injury or death," Mr Anderson said in a statement.
Further audits will be conducted this month in accordance with the state government's blitz on building site height regulations.
"While inspectors have seen some improvement in scaffold safety recently, the level of risk is still unacceptable with 44 per cent of scaffolds [statewide] having missing parts, while on 36 per cent of sites it appeared unlicensed workers had altered or removed scaffolding components," Mr Anderson said.
"That is why we need to strengthen laws and change attitudes to target risky behavior, before someone gets hurt, or dies."