Playing the safety deck
29 January, 2015 | Supplied by: WSP Australia Pty LimitedEvery year begins with plans to improve on last year - especially in safety. Parsons Brinckerhoff has a new safety initiative to get back on deck for another year … safely, which is getting a fair amount of attention from its employees and clients who come in for meetings.
Key safety leaders to gather in Brisbane to discuss workplace safety
29 January, 2015More than 2500 decision-makers from workplace health and safety (WHS), operations, maintenance, technical and engineering backgrounds will gather in Brisbane from 22-23 April 2015 for Safety in Action.
Mining industry encouraged to support workwear launch for prostate cancer awareness
29 January, 2015Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) and RWW Group have teamed up to launch the Blue Gear safety workwear range. The partnership aims to raise vital funds and awareness about prostate cancer, the most commonly diagnosed male cancer in Australia.
Five-minute exercises that could make you happier at work
29 January, 2015A new study by academics from the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University and Ludwig Maximilian University could help to make you happier at work.
Oil and gas workforce health and safety management a major focus at AOG 2015
22 January, 2015With the high-profile Western Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into "mental health impacts of FIFO work arrangements" set to table its findings in early March, the Human Capital stream at AOG 2015 on Thursday, 12 March should attract attention.
Workplaces urged to make safety a priority in 2015
12 January, 2015A total of 23 people died in Victorian workplaces last year, according to provisional figures released by the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA).
NSW health and safety laws for mining to start in Feb 2015
23 December, 2014The new health and safety law for NSW mining, the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulation 2014, has been made and published.
Car to cyclist safety system
23 December, 2014Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas (6-9 January 2015).
Australian Workers’ Compensation Statistics 2012-13
19 December, 2014Safe Work Australia has released the Australian Workers' Compensation Statistics 2012-13 report.
Roadside stop safety a priority this holiday season
17 December, 2014NSW trucking association ATANSW and the Caravan and Camping Industry Association of NSW (CCIA NSW) have called for road users to share the space in roadside rest areas this holiday period.
Emerson opens new centres in Singapore
15 December, 2014 | Supplied by: EmersonEmerson Process Management has opened two new facilities - the Pervasive Sensing Center of Excellence and an analytical technologies manufacturing and integration centre - in Singapore.
Report reveals what works in regard to workplace mental health
12 December, 2014Australia's productivity is suffering because too many businesses are not taking action on mental health, the chair of the National Mental Health Commission, Prof. Allan Fels, said this month.
TruckSafe and truckCare join forces for a safer industry
12 December, 2014The trucking industry's own accreditation scheme, TruckSafe, and the Australian livestock transport industry's quality assurance program, truckCare, have joined forces to provide a single streamlined safety program for the road transport industry.
Builders urged to secure sites over the Christmas break
11 December, 2014Victorian WorkCover Authority Manager of Construction Practices Allan Beacom said builders and site supervisors could take a number of simple measures to prevent unauthorised access to sites over the summer holiday period.
Council trialling method to make roads safer
09 December, 2014Maintaining a network of around 500 km of unsealed roads is a huge undertaking for any regional council, especially a council with a small population of just 5000 ratepayers.
