Industry News
Ten years without having a lost time injury
Sullair Australia has announced it has achieved 10 years without having a lost time injury. [ + ]
Hoisting Las Vegas's High Roller into position
The iconic Las Vegas skyline is being redefined in the LINQ open-air retail, dining and entertainment district with the High Roller Observation Wheel. [ + ]
Safety culture technical workshop
NOPSEMA is facilitating a workshop on safety culture, conducted by Dr Mark Fleming, who is a safety culture specialist with 20 years' experience in industrial health and safety management in high hazard industries, including offshore oil and gas. [ + ]
National asbestos awareness month in November
Asbestos Awareness Month from 1-30 November 2013 aims to educate as many Australians as possible about the dangers of asbestos and how best to manage it. [ + ]
Is a car really a safe place to be when lightning strikes?
AccuWeather.com reports some people may think that the rubber tyres on a car help to protect a driver and occupants from a lightning strike, but this is a myth as it is what sits on top of the tyres that makes the difference. [ + ]
Keeping Victoria's farms safer after year-long campaign
According to WorkSafe Victoria, more than 460 farms are now safer following its 12-month campaign by inspectors to help identify and eradicate the most common causes of injuries and fatalities in agricultural workplaces. [ + ]
Mining competition gains the upper glove hand
Vehicle extrication, firefighting, first aid, hazchem, confined space, rope rescue and plenty more real-life scenarios will be used to test the skills of the emergency response teams from a range of mining operations across Western Australia as they battle it out to be the overall winner at the third annual Mining Emergency Response Competition (MERC). [ + ]
Take a fresh look at work health and safety
Safework SA is encouraging South Australians to focus on work safety by getting involved in Safe Work Week 2013 (28 October to 1 November) to reduce workplace injury, death and disease.
[ + ]Guidance for supervision of construction sites
WorkSafe ACT has issued a Guidance Note on what is adequate supervision on a construction site. [ + ]
Deb Australia opens new manufacturing site
A new $15m manufacturing plant has been opened by Deb Group in South-western Sydney. [ + ]
Safety bulletin for mining sites
NSW Trade & Investment Mine Safety has been provided with information about potential explosions that may occur in sealed goaves or mined out areas. [ + ]
Sydney turns out for safety
The Sydney Showground has been abuzz the last few days with industry professionals checking out the latest in technology, knowledge and innovation for The Safety Show Sydney, produced by Informa Exhibitions. [ + ]
Innovation and technology on the radar
From aircraft traffic control through to mine safety, personal movement tracking and new automobile collision avoidance systems, innovative radar solutions will be discussed in Adelaide from 9-12 September at the Radar 2013 conference. [ + ]
Sitemed achieves ISO 9001 accreditation
Health and emergency response outsourcing company Sitemed has been awarded ISO 9001 certification. [ + ]
Diesel emissions in mines - new technical reference groups for coal and metal mines
Technical reference groups for coal and metal mines are being established by the NSW Government,Trade & Investments Mine Safety. [ + ]
