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Quick and efficient disaster response
As most emergency responders will admit, one of the most important facets when dealing with any disaster is to quickly assess and try to deal with the situation
[ + ]From compliance to best practice
Have Australian manufacturers moved on from a minimum level of OHS to best practice safety? We discuss the evolution of safety in manufacturing with two of Australia's leading occupational health and safety managers
[ + ]Training for height safety
Wendy Cramer speaks with Capital Safety's resident height safety guru, Emmett McGregor, about the current technology in fall arrest systems and the importance of training in ensuring safety above the ground
[ + ]A safety system that will not negatively effect production
A common complaint of today's machinery safeguarding requirements is their potential impact on production
[ + ]Australia's working time crisis
We do not have a problem in relation to long hours of work in Australia - we have a crisis. 31% of our full-time workforce now works in excess of 38 hours a week. Two million Australians work on average in excess of 50 hours a week, each and every week
[ + ]CitiPower and its new sub station construction
CitiPower realised that it had concerns relating to the provision of effective protection around its pits, for both employees and the general public
[ + ]Height safety requires a better approach
According to Philip Brown, managing director of Access & Safety Consultants Australia, the job of making industrial worksites safe for those working at heights is one that is seemingly unending
[ + ]Increasing warehouse security
CWC Equipment specialises in the hiring and selling of materials handling equipment for building sites such as boom and scissor lifts, and telehandlers
[ + ]Musculoskeletal injury and chronic pain
Despite significant advances across the world in medicine and technological treatment of disease, chronic pain has "remained an enigma that health care professionals often manage poorly"
[ + ]Large scale solvent and general flammable liquid storage
The Clayton, Victoria site of PPG Industries Australia is one of over 100 production centres, which the long-established international manufacturer of industrial products operates around the world
[ + ]Working with wood and its derivatives
Recently, Safety Solutions magazine spoke at length to Dr Alan Halligan, from the Australian Wood and Paperboard Association, about the real and perceived dangers about the dust generation. Following is an abbreviated transcript of that interview
[ + ]OH&S compliance - no longer an option
Occupational Health and Safety compliance looms large as a stumbling block for small business. Despite legislation stating that OHS compliance is mandatory, some small businesses are still failing to take the necessary steps in order to comply
[ + ]Dirty air and unpleasant working conditions at a powder coating plant
Investing in advanced filtration technology resulted in more than just a cleaner working environment for a Brisbane powder coating company
[ + ]Applying customisation technology to hearing protection
Why with a world full of available hearing protection do we still have millions of people losing their hearing? Noise in the workplace has been designated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the world's single largest occupational health problem
[ + ]Tailor-made safety systems
A recent decision of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales serves as a timely warning to employers on generic safe work method statements
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