SafeWork Australia recently released two reports on nanotechnology research, looking into material safety data sheets of products containing nanomaterials and detecting airborne particles emitted from carbon nanotubes.

The TWU recently arranged a massive truck convoy to raise awareness of their concerns over driver safety.

A Geelong-based company received Victoria’s second reckless endangerment conviction in 2010 over an injury that could have easily been prevented.

A Western Australia flooring company has been fined $4000 for failing to provide edge protection on a building site after a subcontractor fell 2.4 m through an unprotected stairwell void.

This year’s finalists for the SRCC 2010 Safety Awards have recently been announced.

A Victorian-based construction company director who continued to expose workers to obvious safety risks, despite warnings from WorkSafe, has been convicted and fined.

A branch of the Public Health Association of Australia has endorsed a union’s call for workers to shun uranium mining.

Elgas has won an Australian International Design Award for its EasyGas DownUnder underground LPG storage system.

A recent ISO technical report claims that lifts may be viable escape options, contrary to conventional thinking to avoid lifts in such circumstances.

WorkSafe Victoria has imposed new conditions on Mobil’s licence to operate its Altona refinery in Victoria.

A Western Australian recycling company has been fined $50,000 over an incident that resulted in the amputation of a teenage employee’s toes.

The Queensland government is appealing to businesses to be more vigilant in the safe use of forklifts.

A South Australian man has been fined over injuries sustained by fellow workers when he lit a cigarette lighter in close proximity to flammable gases in his workplace.

WorkSafe Victoria has issued a warning to companies who employ workers with limited English to take extra measures to ensure workers are trained and able to do their job safely.

The need for workplace systems to keep people separate from transport machinery has been highlighted in the South Australian Industrial Relations Court.