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  • Guidelines for safe transport and storage of goods on the waterfront
    Safe Work Australia recently released three guidance publications to help improve materials handling safety in the transport and storage industries in stevedoring applications on the waterfront. The material aims to reduce the incidence of fatalities and injuries in this type of workplace by addressing environmental, physical, mechanical and psychosocial risks associated with stevedoring operations.
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  • Gillard's new report: the blueprint for national OHS harmonisation?
    The recent Workplace Relations Minister’s Council (WRMC) meeting indicates that progress towards the harmonisation of Australia’s OHS laws is being made.
  • Contracting out of OHS obligations
    Recent court rulings highlight the importance of employers' responsibilities to implement OHS procedures and not just rely on their contractors' safety procedures.
  • Unions must 'up the ante' on safety, says professor
    Following a five-year research program into Australia’s OHS inspectorates, a professor is calling on unions to exercise greater influence in the pursuit of better workplace safety.
  • OHS implications of obesity for workplace designers
    A recent ASCC study on Australian workplace design has revealed the OHS implications of our country's growing obesity problem.
  • Comcare safety survey
    Comcare has reviewed its support services for health and safety representatives, identifying a need for training programs to help provide adequate knowledge of the OHS legislation.
  • National OHS Review Report released
    The National OHS Review Panel's first report was released recently, containing the findings and recommendations for what the National OHS Review Panel considers the optimal content of a model OHS Act regarding duties of care and the structure of offences.
  • Annual Comparative Performance Monitoring report
    The ninth CPM report contains 25 indicators that provide a range of information designed to help gauge the success of different approaches to reduce the incidence of work-related injury and disease.
  • Outcomes of ASCC meeting
    Several important decisions to lead and coordinate national efforts to prevent workplace death, injury and disease were made at the ASCC’s eighth meeting, held recently in Canberra.
  • Understanding the Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme
    The Australian government is working to champion a cooperative approach to improve OHS performance in the building and construction industry.
  • Understanding OHS Regulations
    Regulations are laws made by the Governor in Council (not Parliament) under authority granted by the OHS Act
  • Monday morning work really is bad for you
    A study of 750,000 workers compensation statistics has revealed that 'morningitis' is a real workplace risk
  • Positively managing workplace injury
    Work injuries are a pain for all concerned and a drain on resources. But despite all precautions, work injuries are a fact of life and their cost can be great
  • How the 'H' in OHS impacts workplace safety
    Safety in the workplace is generally seen as a matter of providing a safety framework of situational risk assessment, mitigation procedures, appropriate physical safety devices and personal protection
  • What to expect at SIA Conference 2007
    Safety In Action Conference organisers are promising to address innovative workplace safety solutions, investigative techniques and tools for managers across its three-day program
  • Women tackle industrial safety
    Three of the four Health and Safety Representative of the Year finalists in this year's WorkSafe Victoria Awards agree that while men still far outweigh women when it comes to health and safety in industrial settings, the gap is narrowing
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  • Martor Martego 122001 safety cutter
    The Martego 122001 safety cutter with squeeze action has a spring-loaded blade that retracts automatically even if the user continues to hold the squeeze lever. The circular blade path pushes against the material being cut, making it possible to cut soft materials such as shrink-wrap and plastic bags.
  • General Mat Company anti-fatigue matting
    The General Mat Company’s anti-fatigue matting for standing workers is designed to provide comfortable, healthy and safe work environments, helping to prevent injury, reduce standing worker fatigue and increased productivity.
  • Optimum Handling Solutions SIAT pedestal stretch wrappers
    The Optimum Handling Solutions SIAT pedestal stretch wrappers can be used to cut film usage.
  • Exair Large Super Air Nozzle
    The Exair Large Super Air Nozzle maximises entrained airflow and force while reducing compressed air use and noise and is suitable for blowing heavy materials over long distances and wide area blowoff, drying and cooling applications.
  • ESAB TAP 1T and 3T three-axes positioners range
    Working with heavy, circular or multi-angled objects is difficult and can cause accidents or injuries when trying to position these for welding.
  • Oz Seals Quattro Seal
    Oz Seals has developed the heavy-duty Quattro Seal that is designed to be twice as safe as a standard seal. With lower leakage and failure rates, the Quattro Seal is suitable for heavy-duty hydraulic and pneumatic applications.
  • Nissan SRX Platinum series pantograph-style, narrow-aisle forklifts
    The Nissan SRX Platinum series pantograph-style, narrow-aisle forklifts are available in three capacities ranging from 1360 to 2000 kg.
  • Exair static eliminating blowoff station
    The Exair static eliminating blowoff station can be used to deliver a concentrated flow of ionised air to remove dust and other contaminants from a charged surface. It is suitable for benchtop and machine mounting to clean parts and eliminate the static electricity charge that attracts dust and contaminants.
  • Actilift Quikstak Smart Stacker automated stacker
    Actilift automated and manual lifting devices can be used for safer work with pallets, skids, bins and stacks. The range includes the Quikstak Smart Stacker automated stacker as well as a series of manual and automated lifting trolleys.
  • Jungheinrich EME114 pedestrian pallet mover
    The Jungheinrich EME114 pedestrian pallet mover has a short drive unit length of 450 mm and is suitable for light to medium applications such as retail stores, supermarkets and DIY stores.
  • SIAT carton sealers
    SIAT carton sealers save labour where multiple cartons have to be sealed.
  • Technique Solutions Shifta-Lifta
    The Shifta-Lifta can be used as a mobile horizontal conveyor or, at the push of a button, it converts into a fast-loading elevator for loading or unloading mezzanine floors, pallet racking or containers.
  • Flexilift Sellick S160 Series forklift
    The Sellick S160 Series forklift is designed for tough environments such as those found in Australia’s mining industry.
  • Dry break fluid transfer system
    The TODO-MATIC Dry Break system, which is said to offer vastly improved safety and advanced fluid handling solutions for a wide range of industries and applications, is available through TODO's new Australian distributor, Integrated Transfer Solutions.
  • Friction cups
    The Duraflex friction cups provide high levels of grip on oily and wet surfaces to help manufacturers, typically in the automotive and whitegoods sectors, improve production speed and eliminate bottlenecks.
  • Manifesting table
    The Quantronix CubiScan 150 manifesting table has recently been pattern-approved by the National Measurement Institute (NMI) for legal trade measurement.
  • Pantograph reach truck
    The RR 5700 series of pantograph reach trucks features a traction control system that increases traction on wet, dusty or sealed floors, giving operators more control in performing challenging moves.
  • Hybrid powered forklift
    The Geneo-Hybrid is a 3.5-tonne payload diesel-electric hybrid forklift designed to reduce CO2 emissions and increase fuel efficiency.
  • Sheets to column-stack pallets safely
    Stabulon anti-slip sheets allow palletised goods to be column-stacked with stability, by distributing the load so the bottom cases support the upper tiers and prevent vibrations.
  • Safe shrink-wrapping
    The Rhino Shrinkwrap Gun is designed to provide added safety for workers who perform shrink-wrapping functions in applications such as pallet wrapping for heavy loads like tiles and bricks, to keep out dust and moisture from sensitive products, to prevent product damage and to deter theft.
  • Articulated forklift
    The Flexi articulated forklift truck offers space-saving advantages over traditional counterbalanced or reach fork trucks, making it possible to increase pallet storage capacity by up to a claimed 50%.
  • Pallet height sensor
    The Logic Lift automatic infrared load height sensor is designed for pallet positioning of lift tables.
  • Floor scrubber
    The T1 floor scrubber is a compact cleaning device designed for use in small spaces to reduce the risk of slip-and-fall accidents in narrow, congested spaces.
  • OHS management solution
    SafetyPoint Plus guides, resources and streamlines OHS Management.
  • Safety screens
    Aztex Liftwell screens are lightweight for ease of handling and transport. The screens weigh only 40 kg, but still comply with the necessary OHS requirements, including National Standard for Plant. All the necessary handling and other information is located on the front of the door.
  • Drum vacuum
    The Mini Reversible Drum VAC System is a powerful liquid vacuum, capable of vacuuming 20 L of liquid in less than 10 s. With the turn of a knob, the pump empties the drum, eliminating the need for dumping.
  • Truck loading platform
    The Safe Loading Access Platform (SLAP) series was designed to put an end to drivers falling from trucks during loading. The platforms are quick and easy to use, light enough for one or two people to move and strong enough to suit busy transport yards.
  • Pallet sheeting
    The Stabulon Anti-slip sheets are placed between pallet layers to protect goods from damage and minimise pallet slippage. By holding the pallets in position and minimising movement caused by the vibrations of nearby machinery, the sheets improve stability and safety during the loading, unloading and handling of palletised goods.
  • Online safety workbooks
    The Enhancing Safety online system enables people to acquire occupational health and safety skills by completing online workbooks as part or all of their assessment process.
  • Long-reach sander
    The Planex long-reach sander for painters and plasterers is designed for rapid sanding of joint compounds on plasterboard or plaster/lath walls and is suitable for removing wallpaper from solid plaster.
  • Site-specific inductions
    Cell-media has created more than 100 inductions for some of Australia's biggest industrial names. The last 6 years has seen Cell-media catapulted into one of Australia's primary forces in industrial multimedia, corporate training and simulation.
  • Forklift range
    The series of one to 3.5 tonne internal combustion counterbalance forklifts provides increased safety and ergonomics, reduced operating costs and greater environmental friendliness. The range includes 23 pneumatic-tyre internal-combustion models from one to three tonnes payload, the petrol/LPG and diesel models with the choice of manual or powershift transmission and a compact model as well.
  • Stretch wrap machine
    The Excell 4 is a fully automatic, remote control run stretch wrap system. It is used for pallet wrapping to secure and ensure load stability.
  • Bizwurk OH&S management software
    OH&S compliance - no longer an option. Bizwurk OH&S is designed to assist businesses with compliance to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000.
  • Ergonomic work tables
    Actisafe has released a range of strong, ergonomic work tables for light industrial, assembly and design office use.
  • Overpack salvage drum
    Combined overpack and salvage drums that comply with international standards for the handling, storage and transporting of hazardous materials are being introduced by Enware.
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