Defending 2013 NRL Champions the Sydney Roosters are using a motion sensor product to boost training, injury prevention and player rehabilitation programs. The dorsaVi technology, which is also used in OHS applications, enables many aspects of detailed human movement and position to be accurately captured, quantified and assessed outside a biomechanics lab, in both real-time and real situations. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW has commenced its investigation following the fire at the Barangaroo construction site in the Sydney CBD after the extinguishing of the blaze on 13 March by Fire and Rescue NSW. [ + ]

A new patient information program designed to improve emergency care for people involved in car crashes or suffering serious illness at home has been released in Australia, following the success of similar programs in the United States which have been credited with saving thousands of lives. [ + ]

Australian manufacturer and engineering exporter Leussink has met calls for increased safety in a long-time problem area for the underground mining sector. [ + ]

Inspectors from WorkCover NSW and the Victorian WorkCover Authority will visit construction sites in Mildura and Wentworth this week to raise awareness of the similarities between each state's safety laws and the ease of working across the border. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW and the University of Wollongong (UOW) have reinforced their commitment to the safety of the university's workers and students through the renewal of their safety alliance. [ + ]

Researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) claim more research needs to be done into the role organisations play in workplace harassment. [ + ]

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) will, this year, hold its first Steel Safety Day. The safety awareness day is aligned with World Safety Day, held by the International Labour Organisation on 28 April. [ + ]

Robotics researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) have developed step-climbing technology which allows motorised wheelchair users to easily get up and down road kerbs and single steps. [ + ]

The second international conference on Occupational Safety in Transport (OSIT 2014) will be held at the Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise from 18-19 September 2014. [ + ]

Researchers have found that firefighters who died of heart attacks and other vascular problems such as stroke while on the job were most often doing vigorous physical activity right before the attack. [ + ]

To help people avoid noise-induced hearing loss, 3M has launched a social campaign called the 'Hearing Pledge', which aims to educate people on how to detect and help protect them from hazardous noise. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW has confirmed it will be thoroughtly investigating the collapse of scaffolding at a Mascot construction site. [ + ]

"With the next quarterly BAS due on 28 February, Australian businesses need to plan for timely and accurate lodgment, even if there is nothing to report or the business may not be able to pay straight away," Deputy Commissioner Steve Vesperman said today. [ + ]

It's time to make the trucking industry a healthy industry of choice, as Linfox safety specialist Andrew Niven shares his strategies for improving industry health and wellbeing at Trucking Australia 2014. [ + ]