An in-home/at-work skin cancer early detection kit which is designed to help identify skin spots that should be checked by a professional has been developed.

Marc McLaren, founder and Managing Director of Generative HSE, shares his thoughts on solving the reality gap between the way 'work was imagined to be done' and how the 'work was actually done' in high-risk environments. [ + ]

A remote mining site in the Northern Territory organised in-house training to ensure all its staff were adequately and consistently trained in the correct drug and alcohol testing in-house procedures for its FIFO workforce. [ + ]

The 'law of diminishing returns' needs to be considered if profitable safety is to be achieved. [ + ]

Research at Deakin University shines a beacon on better, safer emergency lighting. [ + ]

Car parks are often unassuming facilities, but they can be hazardous environments due to their high level of vehicle and pedestrian activity and must be managed with extreme care. [ + ]

One in three injuries to Australian workers is caused by manual handling. Manual handling injuries are not limited to those sustained by lifting or carrying heavy loads. A person can be injured when handling objects in a variety of ways, including pulling, pushing, holding or restraining. [ + ]

Workplace health and safety will be the primary concentration at the OHS Leaders Summit, which is being held from 17-19 March at the Intercontinental Sanctuary Cove in Queensland. [ + ]

Four Konecranes Rail Mounted Gantry RMGs will go into operation as part of expansion and modernisation projects at Pacific National's Sydney and Melbourne intermodal terminals. [ + ]

Crown Equipment demonstrates the benefits of maintaining a strong safety culture with its program of specifically developed safety courses and initiatives, which are achieving good results that have dramatically reduced incidents of injury in all areas of its operations. [ + ]

While industry standards are well known and encourage a higher focus on safe work practices to avoid falls from height, there are many other risks associated with workplace safety which require working-at-height skills but do not attract the same level of legislative attention. One of these high-risk areas is that of work required in or around a confined space.

DHL Supply Chain's new $120 million facility features state-of-the-art automation, sophisticated IT systems and sustainable packaging solutions - but despite all this, the company claims its greatest strength is the employees themselves. [ + ]

Organised by Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA), the Teamsafe workplace safety and injury prevention program presents a human face on why following safety processes based on participation, facilitation and empowerment is so important.

The bulletin contains a general description on how the MSA's gas detectors with XCell Pulse technology can be used to improve the efficiency of bump tests. [ + ]

The notion of harmonisation around health and safety legislation is a complete furphy when it comes to contractor management in oil and gas operations, said Greg Smith, legal practice director at STE Safety & Legal. He is also one of the keynote speakers at the upcoming AOG conference being held in Perth this March. [ + ]