The Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme
01 December, 2009Construction companies considering undertaking government construction projects as head contractor for federally funded building works valued at $3 million or more may need to be accredited under the Australian Government Building and Construction OHS Accreditation Scheme.
WorkSafe WA to examine construction safety in goldfields
15 October, 2009WorkSafe will conduct an inspection program of construction sites in the goldfields region in Western Australia.
Businesses may be putting employees at risk, says OHS service provider
15 October, 2009An OHS and risk management provider has called upon businesses to ensure they adequate address the safety of their employees.
WorkSafe inspection campaign on tilt-up construction
06 October, 2009An inspection campaign targeting tilt-up construction across Westen Australia has commenced, looking at safety standards in that industry.
Fatigue roadblock reveals compliance in most cases
06 October, 2009A recent roadblock exercise conducted by WorkSafe WA emphasises the need for more improvement in driver fatigue compliance in the road transport industry.
Contractor management system
18 September, 2009 byThe Contractor Management System allows those who oversee the compliance of contractors to do so at potentially no cost, effectively lowering project costs, saving time and managing risk in the use of contractors.
Mobile safety compliance tool
18 September, 2009 byMobilising occupational health and safety compliance for field staff is the purpose of the Retriever wireless OHS safety compliance application.
Risk management system
07 August, 2009 byDyadem Stature 4.0 software enables users to make informed production decisions by providing a single platform to identify, measure, mitigate and continuously communicate safety and quality risks, thereby improving SHE compliance.
FSC accreditation now online
20 July, 2009The process of FSC accreditation of Australian construction projects has been streamlined, with the release of a new web page, designed to handle applications for accreditation.
WorkSafe inspections reveal good OHS practices in WA
22 June, 2009A WorkSafe inspection program of construction sites in the Mid-West region of WA has revealed generally good standards in occupational safety and health management.
Risk management solution
09 June, 2009 byThe latest version of risk management software RMSS Suite incorporates four modules: Riskmanager, Compliancemanager, Incidentmanager and Claimsmanager.
Safety analysis software
09 June, 2009 byJSAfe is portable software application that helps users to create and manage job safety analyses (JSAs) across a large corporate network or at a single job site.
Online and interactive training
09 June, 2009 byThe S1000D software product suite leverages the benefits of storing and managing all technical data and illustrations as managed objects in a common source database for re-use in maintenance, safety, integrated logistics support and training content.
Construction industry commits to Zero Harm program
25 May, 2009A new safety program was recently released in Queensland to assist in reducing the incidence of injuries and deaths in the construction industry.
Safety risks identified in campaign
01 May, 2009A safety inspection in one of Melbourne's outer suburbs has yielded considerable cause for concern over many safety issues.
