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.
Beauty, not disease, motivates teens to wear sunscreen
19 February, 2014One health-ed video describes the increased skin cancer risk of UV exposure and the other describes effects on appearance including wrinkles and premature ageing. Which of these two videos do you think caused teenagers to use more sunscreen six weeks after it was shown?
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.
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.
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?'.
Technology cuts through the noise
14 February, 2014Having difficulty listening to conversations in noisy cafes and social gatherings? This could soon be a thing of the past for the hearing impaired, due to technology that cuts through background noise.
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.
Outdoor workers face increased cancer risk
12 February, 2014Perth researchers have completed a comprehensive study into Australian workers and their exposure to ultraviolet radiation - a known human carcinogen.
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.
Managing asthma in the workplace
10 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Asthma AustraliaFor those working in the mining, manufacturing and food and beverage industries, employee health is crucial to safety and productivity in the workplace. In these occupations, the work environment can result in 'occupational asthma'. In particular, air quality can be problematic and is just one of the triggers for an asthma attack - which can happen at any time.
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 workers' pay packets shrink as mining comes off the boil
06 February, 2014The downturn in Australia's mining boom has taken a chunk out of some mining workers' pay packets, according to a survey of safety and environmental workers conducted by safesearch.
Texting teen driver takes out science award
06 February, 2014The winners of the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards were announced in Melbourne this week by the CEO of BHP Billiton, Andrew Mackenzie, and CSIRO chief executive Megan Clark.
6 steps to developing a quality management system
06 February, 2014 | Supplied by: Intertek SAI GlobalBased on the official ISO 9001 standard, SAI Global has provided its six foolproof steps to instill quality processes in your business.
