Industry News
Score-celebration injuries among soccer players
In one of the most popular sports worldwide, extensive attention is given to the 'trademark' score celebrations performed by professional top-level soccer players.
[ + ]Automation safety workshops
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.
[ + ]Untangling the security networks
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.
[ + ]NSW work deaths down
According to the NSW state government, the death rate among workers in the state is at a record 20-year low.
[ + ]Pig flu claims its first victims
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.
[ + ]Safety for teleworkers
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.
[ + ]Penalty for workers comp fraud
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.
[ + ]Hearing loss starts early in construction work
A new study shows construction workers begin sustaining long-term hearing damage in their first three years of work.
[ + ]New workcover ombudsman
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.
[ + ]New codes of practice and a guidance note for asbestos
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)].
[ + ]Abattoir succeeds in limiting OHS charge
Major NSW abattoir group Rockdale Beef has succeeded in limiting the types of offences NSW WorkCover can charge it with.
[ + ]Alcohol and fire: a bad mix
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.
[ + ]Dangerous goods expertise is needed
Many companies use and store dangerous goods. These have the potential to cause serious accidents, frequently from causes not apparent to the inexperienced.
[ + ]Safety and human behaviour
When an employee is injured, is it due to unsafe conditions or an unsafe act? The answer seems to split OHS professionals neatly into two camps but companies such as Pilz Safe Automation believe there is room for both.
[ + ]New energy watchdog has more bite
The Victorian Minister for Energy Industries and Resources, Theo Theophanous has announced the amalgamation of Victoria's three energy safety watchdogs to form one office - Energy Safe Victoria.
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