The NSW govenment should introduce legislation to regulate the production of fireworks, the NSW coroner recommended recently. [ + ]

A$310,000 fine imposed recently after a November 2001 workplace fatality at Dandenong is one of the highest yet imposed in Victoria. [ + ]

In one of the most popular sports worldwide, extensive attention is given to the 'trademark' score celebrations performed by professional top-level soccer players. [ + ]

Many engineers, technicians, electricians, designers and even operators will be forced to change the way they work in order to comply with the revised standard for machine guarding due for release shortly. The new standard, which will replace the current AS 4024.1, requires anyone involved in the design or modification of plant to verify that their designs or changes are safe. [ + ]

Australian scientists have solved a problem that has had the world's safety and security industries tied up in knots - how to watch hundreds of security cameras at the same time, using them to spot trouble and track offenders. [ + ]

According to the NSW state government, the death rate among workers in the state is at a record 20-year low. [ + ]

The death toll from infection with a bacteria commonly found in pigs has reportedly risen to at least 24, with 21 people in critical condition and nearly 40 new cases in south western China's Sichuan province. [ + ]

Telework New Zealand has released a guide to occupational safety and health for teleworkers. The guide identifies risks and problems that telework-ers working at home could face. It provides a work sheet to help teleworkers identify problem areas. The guide also provides considerable information on ways in which risks can be minimised and avoided. [ + ]

A St Mary's company, Top Value Furniture Pty Ltd, and its sole director, Frans Lourens Poppeliers, has been found guilty of workers compensation fraud. [ + ]

A new study shows construction workers begin sustaining long-term hearing damage in their first three years of work. [ + ]

The Victorian state government will establish a WorkCover Ombudsman to handle WorkCover and TAC complaints, the latest move in a series of historic reforms to the accident compensation sector in Victoria. [ + ]

The National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) has declared a revised Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos 2nd Edition [NOHSC: 2002 (2005)] and a new Code of Practice for the Management and Control of Asbestos in Workplaces [NOHSC:2018 (2005)]. [ + ]

Major NSW abattoir group Rockdale Beef has succeeded in limiting the types of offences NSW WorkCover can charge it with. [ + ]

Most people know that smoking in bed is a fire hazard. But not many know that having a few beers or glasses of wine before bed can increase their risk of becoming a fire fatality - even with a smoke alarm in the house. [ + ]

Many companies use and store dangerous goods. These have the potential to cause serious accidents, frequently from causes not apparent to the inexperienced. [ + ]