Flinders University researchers are exploring the potential problems associated with prescribed opioid use in the South Australian workforce. [ + ]

The fifth edition of the Occupational Disease Indicators report has been released by Safe Work Australia. [ + ]

Medical device company dorsaVi has announced the acquisition of Australian Workplace Compliance to increase its service offering and client base in the occupational health and safety (OHS) market. [ + ]

More than $170,000 had been invested on safety improvements by wood products manufacturing businesses across the state as part of a WorkCover NSW project to improve safety and reduce injuries in the high-risk industry. [ + ]

The emergency management of dams was the focus of a short course recently delivered in part by Seqwater Principal Engineer John Tibaldi. [ + ]

NASA has launched the force and motion measuring shoes, co-developed by Xsens and University of Twente, to outer space. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia commends Aurora Energy, winner of the Work Health and Safety Reporting Award at this year's Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA) held earlier this month in Sydney, and urges all organisations to integrate work health and safety (WHS) performance into their annual report this year. [ + ]

Bees have inspired development of a new aircraft landing system that is fully independent of outside technology, improving passenger safety by deterring blocking or hacking. [ + ]

Pilz has seen a rising demand for robotic safety systems and has recently designed a new robot safety training course to provide those who integrate robotic systems with a comprehensive understanding of the essential requirements of robot safety. [ + ]

As little as two hours a day behind the wheel is a potential risk factor for a range of poor health behaviours and outcomes, a University of Sydney study has shown. [ + ]

The University of Adelaide's Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies will lead a comprehensive research program to investigate the mental health and wellbeing of contemporary armed service personnel and veterans. [ + ]

NSW Trade & Investment Mine Safety has published an Investigation Information Release into the death of a worker who died while attempting to clear a drainage borehole in an underground sump at Cobar on 11 June 2014. [ + ]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss launched round four of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Programme at the 2014 National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra recently. [ + ]

A work health and safety program which has cut workplace injuries by almost half has earned Tweed Shire Council a regional award from the NSW Business Chamber Awards. [ + ]

NSW Trade & Investment has announced that the comment period ends soon on managing roads in underground coal mines. [ + ]