Equipment manufacturer fined for providing confusing information
26 June, 2009
An equipment manufacturer has been convicted and fined $140,000 in a case where a worker was killed while conducting maintenance on the company's equipment because the maintenance instructions it provided were "hopelessly inadequate".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
WorkSafe Victoria premiums for 2009/10
05 June, 2009
A recent announcement from WorkCover Victoria has indicated that the average workcover premium for the forthcoming fiscal year will remain the same as this year.
Tom Phillips appointed Chair of Safe Work Australia Council
05 June, 2009
A new chairperson has been appointed to head the newly formed Safe Work Australia Council, the replacement for the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
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.
