New safety guidelines for excavating
26 June, 2009
The Victorian government has worked in harmony with the Dial Before You Dig association to produce new safety guidelines to protect workers from injury and underground assets from damage.
National focus on manual handling in manufacturing industries
24 June, 2009
In a follow-up campaign to an inspection program in the manufacturing industry in 2007, safety inspectors around the country will focus on safety inspections in this sector during the months of June and July.
TODO appoints Australian distributor for safe HazMat handling
24 June, 2009
Integrated Transfer Solutions has been appointed Australian distributor for TODO dry breaks for safe fluid and gas transfer applications.
WorkSafe inspections reveal good OHS practices in WA
22 June, 2009
A WorkSafe inspection program of construction sites in the Mid-West region of WA has revealed generally good standards in occupational safety and health management.
Warehouse safety training material
18 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Safety onDemand
Vocam’s Warehouse Safety Training Solutions staff training material is suitable for training large numbers of staff in various remote locations, as well as for group training classes.
Safe Work Australia Council inaugural meeting review
16 June, 2009
A number of key decisions were made regarding OHS legislation and strategies at the inaugural Safe Work Australia Council meeting recently that will affect businesses and workers across the country.
Summer remains deadly time in NZ workplaces
15 June, 2009
Summer continues to be the most deadly season for NZ workplaces, provisional figures from the Department of Labour show.
Online safety training
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Vocam Pty Ltd
Safety-TV is an online safety and HR training program that features advanced online training and content delivery for businesses.
Risk management solution
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Risk Management & Safety Systems Pty Ltd
The latest version of risk management software RMSS Suite incorporates four modules: Riskmanager, Compliancemanager, Incidentmanager and Claimsmanager.
Safety analysis software
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: B-Safe Australia
JSAfe 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.
In-house industrial training
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Safety onDemand
Vocam provides in-house industrial safety training that reduces training costs and delivers results.
Online and interactive training
09 June, 2009 | Supplied by: Absolute Data Group
The 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.
ACT Work Safety Regulation 2009 exposure draft
05 June, 2009
The ACT government has put out a call to the business community to comment on proposed changes to the state's current OHS Act and regulations.
New regulation to make major hazard facilities safer
05 June, 2009
New fees are being introduced for operators of major hazard facilities in New South Wales in order to minimise the safety risks in these facilities.
Charges laid over fatal failure of swing stage scaffold on Gold Coast
05 June, 2009
Three companies have been charged over the deaths of two construction workers at a Gold Coast high-rise construction site last year.
