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Staying alive: how technology can minimise the risks of distracted driving

20 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Zetifi

Having drivers on your team who don't keep their full attention on the road is dangerous on multiple fronts. Here's how technology may be able to help.


$360K fine after worker struck by a rotating aircraft propeller

20 April, 2026

A horticulture and agriculture farming business has been fined $360,000 after a light aircraft propeller caused traumatic shoulder-to-hand worker injuries.


Rethinking machine safety: a systems-based approach for safer workplaces

13 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Speedshield Technologies

A systems-based approach asks the question: how do risks emerge from the interaction between people, machines and the environment as a whole?


Worker struck by falling tree trunk lands company $70K fine

07 April, 2026

Following a worker suffering serious injury after he was struck by a falling section of a tree trunk, a company has been convicted and fined $70,000.


Application report: Cold, clever, convenient — Früchte Jork puts new deep-freeze warehouse into operation

07 April, 2026 by Manager Corporate Communications at Leuze | Supplied by: Leuze electronic Pty Ltd

Früchte Jork GmbH from Baden-Württemberg, Germany — a family-run fresh food wholesaler — has reached an important milestone: Its new, fully automated deep-freeze warehouse is in operation.


Machine Safety Services from Concept to Operation

01 April, 2026 | Supplied by: Pilz Australia Industrial Automation LP

Pilz understands the full journey of machinery safety — not just the technical aspects, but the operational, human and regulatory pressures shaping it.


Manufacturer fined $90K after worker's finger severed in a granulator

26 March, 2026

A plastic packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined $90,000 after a worker's index finger was severed in a granulator.


NT gains Centre for Asphalt and Road Technologies

23 March, 2026

Charles Darwin University has announced the launch of a new road safety research hub in the Northern Territory.


Ways manufacturers can make human-robot collaboration safer

23 March, 2026

Improving the way robots predict human behaviour in shared industrial environments is key to human-robot collaboration safety, a recent review suggests.


Company fined $450,000 after worker struck by forklift

20 March, 2026

As a result of a SafeWork NSW prosecution, a company has been fined $450,000 after a worker was seriously injured when they were struck by a forklift.


Temporary fencing service launches to support Tier 1 contractors and major infrastructure

16 March, 2026 | Supplied by: Kennards

An Australian equipment hire company has launched a dedicated temporary fencing service aimed at supporting Tier 1 contractors and major infrastructure projects.


$325K fine follows fatal conveyor belt crushing

10 March, 2026

After a 34-year-old worker became entangled in the rotating components of an unguarded tail pulley and died, a company has been convicted and fined $325,000.


On the road and in the field — how technology can safeguard workers

09 March, 2026 | Supplied by: Zetifi

For businesses with mobile and field workers, occupational health and safety obligations can be harder to meet. Here's how connected fleet safety can help.


$170K+ spend after worker's arm pulled up to the elbow into rotating rollers

03 March, 2026

A manufacturing company has pledged to spend $170,800 after a worker's arm was injured while cleaning machinery at a Wangaratta factory.


BodyGuard i-Tag Pedestrian Safety System

01 March, 2026 | Supplied by: BodyGuard Safety Solutions

The BodyGuard Pedestrian Safety System is designed to counter for changes in environment and human error.


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