The Victorian Minister for Energy Industries and Resources, Theo Theophanous has announced the amalgamation of Victoria's three energy safety watchdogs to form one office - Energy Safe Victoria.

When an employee is injured, is it due to unsafe conditions or an unsafe act? The answer seems to split OHS professionals neatly into two camps but companies such as Pilz Safe Automation believe there is room for both.

A man died when he fell into a meat grinder at a West Australian abattoir recently. The 36-year-old man was working at the Hillside Meats abattoir in Narrogin, 192 km south-east of Perth, when he fell into the meat auger.

According to a recent UK study, babies who live near high-voltage power lines are almost twice as likely as others to develop leukemia during childhood.

Swinburne TAFE's Centre for New Manufacturing (CNM) is taking the lead in addressing a training gap in the complex area of machine control system safety compliance, providing vital support for engineers, managers and technical staff.

The way nail guns are used (bump firing) and the level of training may be factors to explain the number of nail gun related injuries, according to a recent study by the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Cars equipped with everything from the now ubiquitous mobile phone right through to collision warning systems are already on the road and even more high-tech gadgetry is on the way. All promise to enhance and even safeguard the driving experience but Dr Michael Regan has a warning for fleet buyers.

Firefighters in Derbyshire county in central England have been banned from playing team sports during work breaks because they keep getting injured.

The UK government's concern over the toxicity of mercury and the increasing emissions of the element from crematoria has led to the implementation of steps to sharply reduce this source of pollution derived from fillings in teeth, reckoned to be responsible for up to 16% of all UK emissions.

A Queensland company that failed to have in place a system for removing by-products has been found negligent for failing to ensure safe access to a workplace.

Safety Solutions magazine is giving away one full set of Toolbox Video collections (worth $1595) to one lucky reader of the magazine.

Manual workers are more likely to die young than non-manual workers, a new study has found, but the difference is unlikely to be due to the actual features of their employment.

A team of mathematicians at CSIRO is developing a system that can predict the likelihood of hospital emergency departments having to go on bypass and turn away ambulances carrying critically ill workers.

The Department of Defence has announced that the Beryllium Information Service (BIS) is now operational via the ADF Defence Service Centre, Cooma, providing an opportunity for concerned Defence personnel and the public to register their names. Individuals who believe they were exposed to beryllium as a result of Defence-related activities will be offered the opportunity to register their details with the Defence Service Centre.

Victorian WorkCover Minister John Lenders has given more than $350,000 to investigate workplace safety in Victoria's horse racing industry.