World Mental Health Day focuses on depression
10 October, 2012This year’s World Mental Health Day focuses on depression, one of the most widespread mental health conditions.
Road safety standard could help save lives
10 October, 2012ISO has published a management system standard for road traffic safety.
Worker pleads guilty to compensation fraud
09 October, 2012A car salesman has been ordered to pay back over $55,000 and perform 350 hours of community service after fraudulently obtaining payments and false information.
Workplace fatality in Kapunda
09 October, 2012SafeWork SA is investigating a workplace fatality that occurred at J T Johnson and Sons Pty Ltd at Kapunda.
Fair Work educational visits for CBD employers
09 October, 2012The Fair Work Ombudsman will make educational visits to Sydney CBD businesses.
Safety technologies on show in October
09 October, 2012The Safety Show Sydney and Sydney Materials Handling trade shows will have a variety of innovative safety and productivity technologies on display.
Injured workers to get back on the job sooner
04 October, 2012Minister Greg Pearce has said the NSW workers compensation reform will encourage injured workers to get back to work sooner with financial help.
Don’t risk missing Work Safe Week
03 October, 2012Work Safe Week will be held from 22 October to 1 November in Melbourne and regional cities around Victoria.
Ways to reduce same-level workplace falls
03 October, 2012 by Kylie RhodesSame-level workplace falls have accounted for nearly 20% of all recorded injuries in NSW workplaces. WorkCover NSW has provided ways to reduce these falls.
Why safe working procedures are so important
02 October, 2012Manufacturing workers, especially young workers, can be at risk of serious injury. Tiffany Ward is just one of many who had her whole life turned upside down after a workplace accident at 18.
Award finalists announced
02 October, 2012WorkSafe Victoria’s 24th annual award finalists have been announced. Thirty-five applicants were chosen out of 286 entries.
Behavioural approach to safety leadership
28 September, 2012 by Louise Quinn* | Supplied by: Safety DimensionsOne of the key trends around behavioural safety across many industries, at the moment, is the recognition that leaders need to lead. Not a novel concept, but for many organisations the major challenge has been on ‘how’ to do this. The term ‘safety leadership behaviour framework’ is quickly becoming part of the spoken culture in many organisations to describe the creation and implementation of the developed leadership behaviours.
Fatigue management for truck fleets
27 September, 2012 by Kylie Rhodes | Supplied by: Teletrac NavmanNavman Wireless has partnered with Transtech Driven to manufacture a fatigue management solution.
Vibration at work - what are the risks?
27 September, 2012Safe Work Australia has released two fact sheets on the harmful effects of vibration on the body and tips to reduce the risks.
WorkSafe Vic targets housing construction
27 September, 2012WorkSafe Victoria is cracking down on the safety of construction areas and finding that housekeeping procedures are not being followed.
