WorkSafe NZ will soon be on the hunt to fill its top job following the resignation of current chief executive Gordon MacDonald. [ + ]

There are only a few days left to get your entries to the 2016 Good Design Awards, which recognise and celebrate best practice design and innovation in Australia. [ + ]

Just like the Olympics, the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology is held every four years, and 2016 will showcase the latest research, tech innovations and policies to reduce road trauma. [ + ]

Tasmania is set to receive a $15.3 million emergency services system that will result in increased safety for frontline workers and Tasmanians in critical situations. [ + ]

A South Australian company has been fined $111,000 over a serious 2013 incident where a worker lost his arm as it became entangled in an unguarded tail drum. [ + ]

A new agent panel to manage Victorian workplace injury insurance claims will take effect from 1 July 2016, with Employer's Mutual replacing QBE. [ + ]

Two companies have been fined a total of $1.5 million over the death of a worker who fell 40 metres when a piling rig collapsed at a Melbourne construction site in 2011. [ + ]

By 1 April, 27 Australian workers had already been killed at work in 2016. Creating a safety culture will be an important part of the conversation at the upcoming Safety in Action Perth event. [ + ]

While Sydney air pollution may not be on the same level as places like Hong Kong, the effect of particles in the air is still damaging our health, says a new report. [ + ]

Emerson will be providing automation and safety technology for the big development of the Maersk Oil Culzean gas field development in the North Sea, a project worth around US$4.5 billion. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has collaborated with Commonwealth agencies to work on designing out safety hazards that may arise from government programs and services. [ + ]

Manufacturer Scott Safety has injected significant investment into the latest robotic technology to eliminate 'human error' in producing its respirator filters, which provide protection against hazardous substances like asbestos. [ + ]

A new awareness campaign will target safety in agriculture since statistics show farmers are more likely to die at work than any other Victorian worker. [ + ]

Connected fitness bands and other wearables, along with their smartphone fitness apps, are booming for both business and consumer markets, but they also present vulnerabilities. [ + ]

St John has issued Australians with a CPR challenge following stats that only about 26% of us have training or can deliver first aid in an emergency. [ + ]