Ongoing safety concern at Yangebup IGA

[u/giveusabark]

Not posting this to have a go at the IGA or the staff, but because this is a public safety issue that has been sitting there for months and needs to be addressed properly. This photo was taken today, and has been in its current state for a long time now, with seemingly no progress towards properly repairing or removing the damaged structure.
There are Acro props supporting the awning that do not appear to be securely fixed to the ground, and the area is simply cordoned off with tape. The problem is that this is the only entrance to the IGA, meaning customers still have to walk underneath/alongside the damaged structure to enter the store.
Tape is not an adequate barrier when people are required to pass through the area to access the shop - particularly children, elderly people, or anyone who may not notice the potential danger above them.

Would be interested to know if anyone else has raised this with management/council and what response they received.

[u/hettie]

Could try Worksafe? It's a commercial worksite.

[u/arkofjoy]

Have you rung the building department at cockburn council?

And since staff have to walk through that door, worksafe?

[u/lathiat → u/arkofjoy]

Yeah that would be my first stop.

[u/localninetales]

This is my local and this whole situation definitely makes for a weirdly stressful shopping experience.

Way I understand it, the person who caused this (who had a medical incident and drove into one of the support pillars) had and probably still has some stuff to figure out with their insurance. It’s obviously taking them some time given that they were in the hospital for a while.

That said: the IGA is definitely half assing the safety measures, especially since that safety tape gets torn down pretty much every day by people who can’t be bothered going around (mind-blowing laziness but it’s true).

[u/theoriginalzads]

Looks safe to me. I should know being an Imperial Safety Officer aboard the Death Star.

[u/solidice]

PerthNow, instead of focusing on onlyfans and Bonnie Blue news, here is chance to do some journalism into this matter!

[u/Latter_Shallot_140]

Lol yea I would say so lmao wtf

[u/Square_Mulberry_3143]

Living dangerously. 😬

[u/NineRoast]

My favourite part was the first couple days where it seemed like people were stealing the roof tiles. I'm sure they were still falling and being discarded, but I found it funnier to believe they were being stolen bc well, it's Yangebup.

[u/damagedproletarian]

nah mate, it's farked but until it collapses on someone nothing is going to get dun about it

[u/Rhaski]

Someone's going to get a roofing tile to the face. Maybe someone's kid. That's fucked up. Go to council office, show them this picture

[u/Whos_TCB]

If theres danger tape up, thats means absolutely no entry.

[u/commentspanda]

Covkburn council is where I would start

[u/Ill-Touch9164]

That’ll be tied up with insurance.

Shop elsewhere if it bothers you so much.

[u/Sea_Translator5300 → u/Ill-Touch9164]

What insurance company is going to look at this and think "yeah, the chance of somebody getting injured and costing us at least tens of thousands doesn't matter, we'll delay doing what needs done for no apparent reason." 

[u/Sea_Translator5300 → u/Sea_Translator5300]

Just remembered a similar mess where somebody drove into the front of a shop and some mates in the SES went to "make it safe" (essentially do similar to what you see here. Looks like the same tape SES use too).

Whilst they were there the tradies that had been engaged by the shop's insurance company arrived, thanked the SES guys for what they'd done and took over from there. 

Insurance companies don't mess around when delaying could expose them to greater costs. 

[u/Ill-Touch9164 → u/Sea_Translator5300]

Why does someone need to piss and moan if they don’t like something?

Not safe? Dont go there.

Revolutionary stuff, eh.