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The facts about industrial hearing loss

As many as one-third of Australians over the age of 60 experience hearing loss – however, it is certainly not a condition confined to later life. In fact, age is not the greatest cause of hearing...

Good hoists and scissor lifts

Safetech is an Australian material handling innovator, designer and manufacturer. For more than 25 years Safetech has manufactured lifting products for Australian factories, warehouses and the...

New Pike River evidence again raises the question

Recent developments to come out of Pike River indicate that at least one miner, possibly two, may have survived the initial blast. Expert imaging analysis taken from inside the mine after the initial...

Give vehicle operators a smooth ride

For zero harm to be achieved we must give vehicle operators a smooth ride, and where unacceptable exposures exist it is necessary to implement a suite of control measures, writes Phillip Byard...

OHS Education accreditation board – Welcomed

2011-2012 continues to be a critical period to improve health and safety performance, with the Harmonisation of OHS Laws, Regulations and Codes of Practice planned to be implemented nationally on 1...

Asbestos central

With all of the well documented dangers regarding asbestos in the workplace, as well as the home, it is now imperative that employers and their employees, contractors and home owners alike educate...