A mobile respiratory screening service, affectionately called the Lung Bus, is visiting businesses across NSW this year. [ + ]

Businesses and workers need to be very careful when working with electricity and powerlines after recent analysis from WorkCover showed there had been two electrocutions and 14 electric shocks in a recent 12-month period. [ + ]

NSW Government-owned electricity network company Endeavour Energy has lost a third legal attempt to force staff to undergo urine tests for drug and alcohol use in a legal battle that will have major implications for a range of industries, including mining, transport and aviation. [ + ]

National Manufacturing Week (NMW) and the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) will partner to make workplace safety a feature at NMW 2014. [ + ]

Australian researchers have found that a staggering 40% of workers are exposed to cancer-causing agents in their current jobs, with men at higher risk than women. [ + ]

Photonic Innovations aims to commercialise a novel gas-detection technology, developed at the University of Otago, that is claimed to virtually eliminate false alarms. [ + ]

According to a report from NSW Trade & Investment, a tyre on an underground development jumbo exploded shortly after being topped up with compressed nitrogen in a surface workshop, injuring one person. [ + ]

Studies by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicate the dust stirred up by wind and restless cattle at dairies does contain bacteria, fungi and small bacterial remnants such as endotoxins. But these potentially problematic particles are not found at high levels far beyond the barnyard. [ + ]

Yokogawa Australia has become one of only two industrial automation and control companies operating in Australia to achieve certification in the soon-to-be-recognised international occupational health and safety management system standard, the OHSAS 18001:2007. [ + ]

Researchers at Microsoft have released a report on the development of a 'smart bra' with embedded sensors that capture heart rate and respiration as well as skin activity and movement to detect a woman's stress levels. Designed as a method to combat emotional overeating, the data from the bra is processed and a warning message can be sent to a mobile phone application if the risk of overeating is detected. [ + ]

Airport Link has won the 2013 Consult Australia Award for Excellence in Safety in Design, to round-off the project's award-winning year. [ + ]

New research just published in the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion details how trucks account for 8% of US highway traffic, yet are involved in 11% of fatal road crashes. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is reminding businesses and workers in the region of the need to ensure the safety of themselves and their colleagues when attending work celebrations. [ + ]

Safety in Action Darwin is being held from 19-20 March at The Darwin Convention Centre. [ + ]

As we head into the summer months, WorkCover NSW is urging all businesses and workers in the region to protect themselves when working in the heat. [ + ]