Is your PPE providing the right protection and performance? An assessment of personal protection equipment on mining sites may positively impact businesses’ bottom line and improve worker confidence. [ + ]

The new WHS legislation has added to the confusion surrounding testing and tagging - one of the key elements of electrical safety. In this article, Sarah Allen of Appliance Tagging Services explains the revised testing and tagging requirements across Australia. [ + ]

940 men and women, who have been seriously injured at work, will receive increased weekly benefits from WorkCover. [ + ]

Antioxidants, dietary supplements and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the novel strategies that may help detect, treat and even prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus among American troops, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. [ + ]

Australian and New Zealand laws emphasise the importance of risk elimination and minimisation by design in the hierarchy of controls. A carefully thought through design can help businesses and professionals minimise the risk and the dependence on human behaviour. Read on to find out how. [ + ]

Tecpro Australia was able to reduce the dust caused by the coal dropping into the crusher at Centennial Coal’s Mandalong Mine using its dust suppression system. [ + ]

Saturday 8 September was World First Aid Day and Red Cross College is highlighting the need for Australians to update their skills to ensure they know what to do in a first aid emergency. [ + ]

Michilis received weekly OHS audits on safety and operations from Exis to improve the company’s OHS performance and cement its place as a Energy Australia contractor. [ + ]

Drowsiness during driving is a worldwide hazard, motivating a number of campaigns worldwide to encourage drivers to take regular breaks and plan journeys responsibly. Automating identification of the onset of drowsiness can help to eliminate tragic human errors of misjudging when it is no longer safe to drive. A Japanese company, Aisin Seiki, has developed an eyelid monitor and identified symptoms in eyelid behaviour that indicate drowsiness in motorists. [ + ]

Tom Tieman of GSO Stainless recently escaped a broken jaw, teeth, nose and multiple stitches by wearing the right PPE. Tieman was polishing a metal safety handle on a pedestal buffing machine when, in a split second, the handle was torn from his grip and then projected at bullet speed towards his face. [ + ]

Why do so many people still get hurt at work? Most incidents don’t happen because the person didn’t know the hazard was present or what controls were required. Incidents typically happen because the person wasn’t paying attention at the time and as a result came into contact with a hazard. [ + ]

The Australian Government is setting up an Office of Asbestos Safety that will pave the way for a national approach to asbestos awareness and management in Australia, said Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten. [ + ]

Electrical fire hazards exist in almost every workplace and unfortunately, fires resulting from electrical hazards can lead to injury, fatality and damage to property. Common causes of electrical fires are overloaded equipment, electrical short circuiting of worn or damaged cables or heat generated by electrical equipment. [ + ]

With no Australian standards in place for dust management in the workplace, Hilti has provided steps to keep worksite dust under control. [ + ]

After securing a large contract to maintain utility pipelines in the outback of New South Wales, United Aero Helicopters identified the need to be able to safely store aviation fuel in remote locations for refuelling of its helicopters. [ + ]