Infinity brand thermoplastic-sheathed, insulated electric electrical cables have recently failed laboratory testing and batch numbers INFH 190311, INFH 210912 and INFMEL 081112 are being recalled. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia has sponsored four new chapters in the OHS Body of Knowledge for Generalist OHS Professionals covering work health and safety jurisprudence, organisational culture, risk and decision-making, and user-centred and safe design. [ + ]

Fitness Australia has won the Australian National Preventive Health Agency’s (ANPHA) inaugural Healthy Small Workplace Award for implementing best practices in creating a healthy workplace for its employees. [ + ]

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has used National Rail Safety Week to launch its new Australian-designed and tested rail safety innovation that warns rail safety workers of incoming trains using its 3G national train communications network. [ + ]

The CSIRO has released the General Findings Report of the independent investigator, Professor Dennis Pearce AO, who has been examining allegations from current and former staff of workplace bullying and other unreasonable behaviour in the organisation. [ + ]

According to a mine safety alert from NSW Trade & Investment, in a recent incident a driver lost control of an unladen forklift while driving downhill on a long, straight quarry road. It’s believed that the seatbelt prevented the driver from being crushed, which could have resulted in serious injury or a fatality. [ + ]

Safe Work Australia, Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety (AgHealth) and Country Women’s Association of Australia (CWAA) have joined together to support the fitting of crush protection devices (CPDs) to quad bikes before more deaths and serious injuries occur. [ + ]

Engineering, architecture and environmental company GHD continues to grow the number of its operating centres certified to international standards. Its Tasmanian operations were recently included in this certification, achieving the widely recognised occupational health and safety management systems standard OHSAS18001. [ + ]

The National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) recently appointed Ansell as its official training services partner to provide students with accurate information and guidance on hand safety PPE. [ + ]

Minister for Workplace Relations Bill Shorten has announced the appointment of a CEO to head up the new Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) and the appointment of the 10 members of the ASEA Council. [ + ]

The laws governing the transport of dangerous goods such as chemicals on road and rail will be updated in line with the latest international guidelines, in a package of proposed amendments released by the National Transport Commission (NTC) for public consultation today. [ + ]

The NSW Government Trade & Investment mine safety department’s fatigue management evaluation manual is designed to help evaluate the existing capacity, culture and approach to managing fatigue in the workplace. [ + ]

WorkCover NSW is urging workers in one of the state’s highest-risk industries to make safe manual handling a priority after more than 700 injuries over three years. [ + ]

A team of researchers at MIT is developing an alternative to nuclear fuel rods covered by a cladding of zirconium alloy, or ‘zircaloy’, that could provide similar protection for nuclear fuel, while reducing the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold. [ + ]

The advisory council for the OHS Leaders Summit decided to create a discussion on the lack of healthcare available for miners and remote inhabitants. [ + ]