Industry News
Technology helps emergency services stop traffic
In a first for Victoria, emergency services are undertaking a six month trial of advanced technology that will ensure they reach emergency situations faster than ever before.
[ + ]Making chemical plants safer
Manufacturers will be getting a helping hand to make their chemical processing plants safer and more effective, thanks to new technology pioneered by a university spin-out company.
[ + ]Fire company passes SSL tests
One of the world's leading providers of fire protection solutions, Wormald, has become the first company to attain a Scientific Service Laboratory (SSL) approval listing for its heavy vehicle fire suppression systems.
[ + ]Workplace trauma alert
Employers are being warned not to be complacent about the potential for compensation claims from staff suffering psychological damage at work.
[ + ]Lead paint warning
If you've ever laboured with paint removers, brushes, scrapers, sanders and paint burning equipment, you'll know just how tedious and time-consuming it can be to remove layer upon layer of old paint.
[ + ]Steelmaker fined $120,000
BHP Steel has been fined a total of $120,000 after two employees were overcome by ozone gas at its Port Kembla Steelworks three years ago.
[ + ]Retailer convicted and fined after forklift fall
One of Australia's biggest retailers has been fined $20,000 after a forklift fell from the back of a truck into the well of a loading dock in March last year.
[ + ]Magistrate gets tough on dangerous work
A Geelong magistrate has told a business operator he could have gone to jail if an employee had fallen from the roof on which he was working.
[ + ]Sak power award
Before a gathering of 450 of their engineering peers, the Trans-Tasman Siemens Prize for Innovation was awarded to a duo from the University of Auckland on June 6.
[ + ]Utility safety invention
A group of United Water employees in South Australia has invented a device that could greatly reduce the risks of serious injury for water utility workers around the world.
[ + ]Plastic muscles lend a healing hand
Bionic man - or more accurately polymer person - has arrived, thanks to a team from Wollongong University and Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.
[ + ]EPA says transport industry is listening
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) recently said the results of its year-long dangerous goods blitz across NSW showed the transport industry was making a real effort to comply with environment and safety regulations.
[ + ]Bioterror information alert
The US Department of Health and Human Services will begin testing a system using handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) for transmitting urgent information about biological agents to clinicians.
[ + ]Materials research helps boost Helicopter safety
The Materials Engineering Research Laboratory of the United Kingdom has been called in to help with a NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) program to improve helicopter safety and reliability.
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