Research grants are being made available to South Australians to help build knowledge of workplace health and safety.

Safe Work Australia is currently reviewing industry responses to a discussion paper on plant safety.

WorkSafe Victoria has issued a Health and Safety Solution for workers operating rotational moulders being exposed to fire and explosion risks from polyethylene powder.

A company has been fined NZ$38,000 and ordered to pay $40,000 to a worker who was crushed by a machine that fell on him, leaving him injured and unable to work for 10 months.

Unanimous agreement was recently reached among state transport ministers for the recognition of industry-developed rail safety standards.

The rights of union officials to enter sites under NSW OHS legislative criteria was clarified recently in the Federal Court.

Roofsafe Industrial Safety has recently become a member of the Fall Protection Manufacturers Association of Australia.

A Melbourne company has been convicted and fined $250,000 over a workplace injury that left a forklift driver with permanent brain damage when a crate of glass fell on him.

Adapt-A-Lift Forklift Rental and Sales has acquired the Hyster Retail operations and rental fleet to expand its operations in Australia.

A recent court case in the Industrial Court of Queensland clarifed the factors that determine the extent of fines imposed.

WorkSafe Victoria has announced the areas being targeted in the 2009-2010 Safe Towns and Safer Work Zones inspection campaigns.

A new ISO standard has been released, addressing the major safety considerations to be taken into account when designing, packaging and installing gas turbine applications.

The US Department of Labor's OSHA launches regional program to reduce lead exposure in the workplace.

As of 1 July 2009 new laws covering new OHS requirements will come into effect for inductions onto construction sites in Queensland.

A truck driver lost his life when a plastic kettle melted and set fire to the cab of his prime mover.