Beefed up and ready to go, celebrity chef Neil Perry opened his Burger Project stores. But providing safety training to staff presented a big logistical challenge. [ + ]

It may not feel like it, but winter is around the corner, so now may be the time to think more about your hand safety when working outdoors in the cold. [ + ]

A new type of vehicle for emergency situations can rapidly identify hazards and link agencies and communities to help improve people's safety in critical situations. [ + ]

Keep It Simple Safety is an occupational health and safety consulting business that works with smaller tradespeople businesses up and down the east coast of Australia. Owner Shayne Connolly recently made the decision to move away from paper-based safety and adopt the Donesafe Safety Management software. This one change has allowed him to completely overhaul his entire business model. [ + ]

A custom-made forklift for boutique winery Ocean Eight is yielding improved efficiencies for all of its material handling needs. [ + ]

The number of injuries caused by hand-operated pruning tools has prompted Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands in Sydney to review its hand protection program for its horticultural and landscape workers. [ + ]

A portable decontamination system of chemical, biological and radiological vapours, liquids and particles is achieving what Scott Safety says is a military first. [ + ]

Thousands at the University of Queensland are taking safety into their own hands, opting to download the safety app connecting them to campus security and emergency services. [ + ]

A partnership between NHP and Refuel International has satisfied stringent safety and hazardous area requirements for an international airport in Vietnam. [ + ]

A bird scaring system is improving the safety of helidecks on offshore installations. [ + ]

An automated extractor that screens wastewater in a rural NSW township not only has improved the treatment system, but also OHS hazards for operators. [ + ]

Bandsaw units from Scott Automation & Robotics incorporate safety technology, which not only provides reassurance to employees, but reduces the chance of worker injury and compensation. [ + ]

Going back 12 to 18 months ago, the height safety industry was abuzz with information, publications and news items about the changes to Australian Standard AS/NZS 5532. But now that the dust has settled, have we all become a little too complacent? [ + ]

A glass-roofed atrium in one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest shopping centres presented a fire detection challenge solved by Xtralis. [ + ]

A new Ebola protective suit should be available in early 2016 thanks to a collaborative partnership between John Hopkins University and DuPont.