WorkCover and university renew safety commitment
10 March, 2014WorkCover NSW and the University of Wollongong (UOW) have reinforced their commitment to the safety of the university's workers and students through the renewal of their safety alliance.
worldsteel to launch Steel Safety Day on 28 April
05 March, 2014The World Steel Association (worldsteel) will, this year, hold its first Steel Safety Day. The safety awareness day is aligned with World Safety Day, held by the International Labour Organisation on 28 April.
Occupational Safety in Transport Conference 2014
04 March, 2014The second international conference on Occupational Safety in Transport (OSIT 2014) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise from 18-19 September 2014.
Safety in Action heading to Outback Australia
21 February, 2014Australian safety trade show Safety in Action is heading to Outback Australia. The exhibition will take over the Darwin Convention Centre from 19-20 March 2014 and will be a one-stop shop for all things safety.
Is suicide a workplace health and safety issue?
20 February, 2014A one-day Construction Industry Inaugural Mental Health Conference (20 February, Brisbane) will address the question of whether suicide is a workplace health and safety issue and promote collaboration around mental health, wellbeing and suicide prevention across the industry and between companies.
Zero in on health at trucking conference
20 February, 2014It's time to make the trucking industry a healthy industry of choice, as Linfox safety specialist Andrew Niven shares his strategies for improving industry health and wellbeing at Trucking Australia 2014.
Poor air quality signals a call for workplace safety
19 February, 2014As fires in the Hazelwood open cut coalmine continue to affect air quality in the Latrobe Valley of eastern Victoria, the Victorian WorkCover Authority is advising workplaces in the region to take steps to reduce the impact of bushfire and coal fire smoke on their staff.
Machine and function safety on the agenda at ACI Connect conference
18 February, 2014Australia's new automation, control and instrumentation conference - ACI Connect - will feature two half-day 'Safety of Machinery' workshops from industrial safety specialist Frank Schrever and a case study presentation titled 'Functional Safety - who is safe?'.
Project to prevent house construction deaths and injuries
18 February, 2014WorkCover NSW has launched a project to improve safety in the state's house construction industry after more than 150 workers were seriously injured or killed on the job in the last two years.
Occupational safety in transport conference
13 February, 2014Abstracts are now being accepted for OSIT2014: The 2nd International Occupational Safety in Transport Conference and close on 17 March 2014. The conference will be a multidisciplinary event featuring representatives from road and transport safety, aviation and watercraft, fleets, safety culture and management, construction safety and associated fields.
Engineering conference features machine safety
12 February, 2014Industry 4.0, cybersecurity, ethernet in industry, machine safety, future manufacturing and skills shortages are just some of the hot topics that will be covered at the inaugural ACI Connect conference being held in Melbourne from 9 to 10 April 2014.
A gateway to the emerging security and safety market of Vietnam
12 February, 2014Secutech Vietnam 2014 is scheduled to be held from 20-22 August 2014 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Alcohol and drug testing - a hot topic at Safety in Action Darwin 2014
10 February, 2014A discussion on alcohol and drug testing in the workplace is one of the key feature topics at Safety in Action Darwin - a two-day safety trade show and exhibition being held at the Darwin Convention Centre on Wednesday 19 March and Thursday 20 March 2014.
Safety update for NMW 2014
21 January, 2014National Manufacturing Week (NMW) and the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) will partner to make workplace safety a feature at NMW 2014.
Darwin welcomes a one-stop shop for all things safety
09 December, 2013Safety in Action Darwin is being held from 19-20 March at The Darwin Convention Centre.
