Single-step climbing technology for wheelchair charity
05 March, 2014Robotics researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) have developed step-climbing technology which allows motorised wheelchair users to easily get up and down road kerbs and single steps.
Research into the role of organisations in workplace harassment
05 March, 2014Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) claim more research needs to be done into the role organisations play in workplace harassment.
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.
Vascular problems triggered by vigorous activity in firefighters
04 March, 2014Researchers have found that firefighters who died of heart attacks and other vascular problems such as stroke while on the job were most often doing vigorous physical activity right before the attack.
Bridge inspections to ensure safety
26 February, 2014 | Supplied by: pitt&sherryEngineering consultancy pitt&sherry has delivered a comprehensive inspection of more than 250 timber and concrete bridges in Shoalhaven City Council in New South Wales using its BridgeAsyst software package.
Scaffolding collapse at Mascot being investigated
26 February, 2014WorkCover NSW has confirmed it will be thoroughtly investigating the collapse of scaffolding at a Mascot construction site.
ATO reminder to lodge quarterly BAS by 28 February
25 February, 2014"With the next quarterly BAS due on 28 February, Australian businesses need to plan for timely and accurate lodgment, even if there is nothing to report or the business may not be able to pay straight away," Deputy Commissioner Steve Vesperman said today.
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.
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.
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.
