Industry News
A new approach to safety training
Pilz has announced a new training program to simplify how workers and organisations get certified in machine safety. [ + ]
Shoddy welding 'will lead to deaths'
Public safety is at risk unless compliance is legislated for fabricated steel, warns the Welding Technology Institute of Australia. [ + ]
Emergency planning for extreme events
If Sydney was hit with a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, would our emergency response systems hold up? [ + ]
Photoelectric smoke alarms will be the way of the future
With the mandatory installation of photoelectric smoke alarms in all homes in Queensland, one manufacturing company is ceasing production of ionisation smoke alarms altogether. [ + ]
Disruptive safety key focus at upcoming safety show
One of the largest safety exhibitions in Australia will be coming to Sydney in September, focusing on 'disruptive safety' as well as mental health and physical wellbeing in the workplace. [ + ]
Start-up's safety app given a boost by Microsoft
Partnering with tech giant Microsoft, Australian start-up SafetyCulture now has its workplace inspection app available on the Windows 10 Store. [ + ]
Carcinogens in the workplace
A series of reports exploring the likelihood of worker exposure to a number of carcinogens in the construction, agriculture and manufacturing industries is now available. [ + ]
Awards to highlight manual handling innovations
If you've got an innovation to share that helps to prevent manual handling injuries in the workplace, there's still time to enter the 2016 WorkSafe Victoria Awards. [ + ]
Is the air we breathe indoors more important than outside air quality?
Doing the 'samba' indoors for your health at work — but not in the way that you think. [ + ]
Control Logic partners with CSE Uniserve
Control Logic has announced it has been appointed a channel partner in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia for industrial equipment supplier CSE Uniserve. [ + ]
Call for study participation on quad bike safety
If you ride a quad bike for your job then you're needed in a UNSW study looking at quad bike safety in the workplace. [ + ]
Warning on falsified high risk work licences
WorkSafe WA has issued a warning to businesses to carefully check high risk work licences after being alerted to a falsified licence holder. [ + ]
Boosting Victoria's workplace anti-bullying agenda
Training sessions on bullying and its effects for young workers aged 16–24 will look at driving awareness and change, thanks to a dynamic new partnership. [ + ]
Climate change endangering Australia’s industrial assets
Climate change is making storms like the one that has wreaked havoc on Sydney this week more damaging, risking industrial, road, rail and other infrastructure assets. [ + ]
Workers comp fraud verdict
A NSW truck driver has been found guilty of workers compensation fraud and has been ordered to repay back a large sum of unentitled benefits, among other conditions. [ + ]
