Industry News
Sleep disorders found to be highly prevalent in firefighters
In a national sample of almost 7000 firefighters, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) examined the prevalence of common sleep disorders and their association with adverse health and safety outcomes. [ + ]
Emerson acquires Paine Electronics business
Acquisition expands Emerson's capabilities in subsea and downhole measurement for oil and gas industry. [ + ]
Heat hurts the hip pocket and health of Aussie tradies
KingGee's Workcool range is designed to help tradies beat the heat. [ + ]
Opportunity for Australian and NZ companies to be recognised for best practice
DuPont Sustainable Systems has announced that Australian and New Zealand businesses would be able to enter its Safety and Sustainability Awards in 2015. [ + ]
Inspectors set sights high on Echuca and Moama
Preventing falls from heights will be a key focus of a health and safety campaign being conducted at Echuca and Moama construction sites next week. [ + ]
Hazardous-area safety guide released
Mettler Toledo has released the 'Hazardous-area safety competence guide', which includes: an explanation on how to avoid dangerous situations when manufacturing in hazardous areas with compliant equipment; a comprehensive understanding of standards and regulations; and methods of equipment protection. The guide also explains how to correctly install and maintain equipment in hazardous areas and shows examples of weighing systems for hazardous areas. [ + ]
Asbestos awareness and management conference in November
Melbourne will next week host the inaugural International Conference on Asbestos Awareness and Management, featuring leading international and domestic experts in asbestos management, health, advocacy and governance. [ + ]
North America and Africa join global process safety network
Chemical engineers in the US and South Africa are the latest to achieve Professional Process Safety Engineer registration - a global initiative led by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to improve process safety in the chemical and process industries. [ + ]
Deb Group donates hand sanitiser to West Africa
Deb Group has donated more than 18,000 bottles of Deb InstantFoam hand sanitiser to the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist efforts in combating the spread of Ebola virus in West African countries. [ + ]
Back pain linked to workplace culture
Being unhappy or dissatisfied at work could be as big a contributor to back pain as hard physical work, Adelaide research has found. [ + ]
Seqwater wellness program wins Safe Work Award
The Seqwater wellness program was awarded the best workplace health and wellbeing initiative at the Queensland Safe Work Awards 2014. [ + ]
Council signs up to TruckSafe program
In a bid to improve safety and professionalism of trucking operators in its local area, The District Council of Yanklilla will sign up to the TruckSafe industry accreditation program. [ + ]
WHS measures can improve business performance
A new University of Melbourne report has identified links between workplace health and safety measures and better business performance, including increased productivity, lower costs, greater innovation and higher profitability. [ + ]
Transport operator upgrades its forklift fleet
Australian transport business ABC Transport has updated its fleet of Toyota 8-Series forklifts. [ + ]
Emerson provides free licences to enhance real-time control using WirelessHART
Emerson Process Management has licensed royalty-free patent rights for its PIDPlus wireless PID controller technology to improve real-time control performance, simplify tuning and inherently protect against system failures across all control systems. [ + ]