The Total Facilities 2015 event, being held in Sydney in March, will feature educational development opportunities for professionals concerned with facilities management practices such as fire safety and OHS.

Many electrical failures that result from equipment being used in dusty and moist workplaces can be safely and easily prevented, according to Chemsearch. [ + ]

The importance of first aid in the workplace cannot be overstated. In the event of an accident or medical emergency, the application of first aid can mean the difference between life and death.

When the new psychiatric hospital in Slagelse, Denmark opens its doors next year, it will have a strong focus on employee safety. [ + ]

Test Slip Australia provides details on some of the latest changes related to slip-resistant flooring standards.

Lone workers in the outback of Australia (outside of terrestrial coverage) will soon be able to send real-time alerts to their back office using Trimble's transport and logistics solutions thanks to its new partnership with Iridium. The Iridium solution extends communications of the Trimble technology over satellite and will be available in Australia from December. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has released the 'Work-related fatalities associated with unsafe design of machinery, plant and powered tools, (2006-2011)' report. [ + ]

In Europe, safety, efficiency and compliance with European regulations are major criteria in critical applications such as burner management systems. For this reason, one refinery decided to invest in new fuel gas lines and safety systems for its heaters and furnaces to make the units safer and more efficient. [ + ]

Taking advantage of methane that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere provides Australian businesses with an untapped fuel resource and opportunity to minimise their carbon footprint, according to scientific research and designers Draco Scientific. [ + ]

The highly anticipated draft Work Health and Safety Bill has been tabled in the WA Parliament and is available for public comment until 30 January 2015. The Bill picks up many of the key concepts in the harmonised work health and safety legislation that is now in force in all other Australian jurisdictions except for Victoria, with some important changes to reflect the WA environment. [ + ]

Tyco staff working on mining sites in Newman, WA, have initiated a new safety handling improvement that has dramatically reduced exposure to situations which could lead to injury. The initiative is now being rolled out across other sites. [ + ]

An innovative project at a busy retail park in the UK could provide the blueprint for a new approach to pedestrian safety. [ + ]

Plenty of people underestimate the danger of a fire spreading through a tunnel. Smoke and heat have no way to escape, and they spread at rapid speeds. The short amount of time needed for hot axles or cracked brake rotors on trucks or motor coaches to cause a fire is also well established. Despite all this, there is a way to identify overheating parts on a vehicle before it enters a tunnel and to pull that vehicle out of traffic: using the VHD Pro vehicle hot spot detector from SICK. [ + ]

There is a need to get office workers moving and the Energise project is working with 60 Brisbane Telstra office workers to discover how employees and employers can better manage occupational physical activity and sitting. [ + ]

As the temperatures warm up around Australia, it is important for workplaces to manage the risk associated with workers in hot environments. [ + ]