WorkCover NSW has expanded its Small Business Rebate Program to include businesses with up to 50 workers, making them eligible to apply for rebates of up to $500 towards the purchase and installation of safety improvements. [ + ]

St John Ambulance Victoria has launched its 'Five steps to first aid readiness' initiative to help Victorian businesses minimise their workplace risks and be better prepared to respond to first aid emergencies. [ + ]

With the end of Safe Work Australia Month approaching, CEO Rex Hoy is urging all Australian workers to take care and avoid the nation's most common work-related injury - musculoskeletal disorders. [ + ]

As the busy harvest season draws closer, farmers and grain growers are being urged to make safety the most important part of their planning, said WorkSafe Health and Safety General Manager, Victoria, Lisa Sturzenegger. [ + ]

The difference between companies is sometimes stark, especially when it comes to supply chain management. There are those who acknowledge risk and work to mitigate it, and those who ignore the warning signs. And the warning signs were clearly there in regard to fire safety risk in Bangladesh, according to sustainability advisory firm Net Balance and Sedex, a not-for-profit membership organisation that works with buyers and suppliers to raise sustainability standards in global supply chains. [ + ]

The failure rate of explosion protected diesel engine systems is falling but there is still room for improvement, according to a report prepared for NSW Mine Safety. [ + ]

Air travellers in Great Britain will soon notice a new technology used in security screening lines that will allow them to bring liquids on airplanes. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is reminding kitchen, wall frame and roof truss manufacturers of the importance of working safely with powered hand tools after more than 100 workers were injured in the industry over three years. [ + ]

New research has found that high salaries are no longer enough to retain good workers in remote locations. [ + ]

The Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board this week announced that the University of Newcastle program leading to a Master of Work Health and Safety has achieved accreditation by meeting the OHS and educational standards set by the board for the education of generalist OHS professionals. [ + ]

National Foot Health Month is ready to stride into October with Steel Blue and the Australasian Podiatry Council (APodC) sending a reminder to all Australians to 'show their feet some love' and 'make a date' with a podiatrist. [ + ]

Excess workload has been identified as the biggest barrier to better performance in The Great New Zealand Employment Survey 2013, and one of the key reasons people are working harder is better technology such as smartphones. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has released a new report on work health and safety in the road freight transport industry. [ + ]

For the second year running, Clipsal and Schneider Electric employees on 27 September continued their volunteering efforts for the Julian Burton Burns Trust (JBBT) to help increase fire safety awareness to thousands of South Australian school children. [ + ]

The University of Sydney's Happiness, Health and Wellbeing at Work Conference is this year expected to call on the Abbott government to give priority to mental health in the workplace as it conducts its promised review of mental health services. [ + ]