Fitness Australia has won the Australian National Preventive Health Agency’s (ANPHA) inaugural Healthy Small Workplace Award for implementing best practices in creating a healthy workplace for its employees. [ + ]

According to a mine safety alert from NSW Trade & Investment, in a recent incident a driver lost control of an unladen forklift while driving downhill on a long, straight quarry road. It’s believed that the seatbelt prevented the driver from being crushed, which could have resulted in serious injury or a fatality. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety (AgHealth) and Country Women’s Association of Australia (CWAA) have joined together to support the fitting of crush protection devices (CPDs) to quad bikes before more deaths and serious injuries occur. [ + ]

Engineering, architecture and environmental company GHD continues to grow the number of its operating centres certified to international standards. Its Tasmanian operations were recently included in this certification, achieving the widely recognised occupational health and safety management systems standard OHSAS18001. [ + ]

The National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) recently appointed Ansell as its official training services partner to provide students with accurate information and guidance on hand safety PPE. [ + ]

The NSW Government Trade & Investment mine safety department’s fatigue management evaluation manual is designed to help evaluate the existing capacity, culture and approach to managing fatigue in the workplace. [ + ]

The laws governing the transport of dangerous goods such as chemicals on road and rail will be updated in line with the latest international guidelines, in a package of proposed amendments released by the National Transport Commission (NTC) for public consultation today. [ + ]

Minister for Workplace Relations Bill Shorten has announced the appointment of a CEO to head up the new Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) and the appointment of the 10 members of the ASEA Council. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is urging workers in one of the state’s highest-risk industries to make safe manual handling a priority after more than 700 injuries over three years. [ + ]

A team of researchers at MIT is developing an alternative to nuclear fuel rods covered by a cladding of zirconium alloy, or ‘zircaloy’, that could provide similar protection for nuclear fuel, while reducing the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold. [ + ]

Langley Park in Perth will host emergency response teams from a range of mining operations across Western Australia to showcase their skills at the third annual Mining Emergency Response Competition (MERC) on 21 and 22 September. [ + ]

The advisory council for the OHS Leaders Summit decided to create a discussion on the lack of healthcare available for miners and remote inhabitants. [ + ]

Systems on a Shoestring (SOAS) has launched a workplace safety mobile application to help businesses be compliant with Work Health and Safety legislation, says Director of Systems on a Shoestring, Emma Bentton. [ + ]

New research into the working conditions and psychosocial health of workers and the political environments in 31 European countries has shown not only a link between workers health and life expectancy, but also a correlation between improved health in the workplace and better national productivity [ + ]

The winner of the New Product of the Year Award at the Security 2013 Exhibition was Australian-owned and -operated Ezi Security Systems for its Ezi Elkosta M50 Bollard. [ + ]