ACTIVE Air has released the 5kW HPC 4000 portable air conditioner, designed for spot cooling in warehouses, offices and server rooms.
25/11/2009
THE DIRECTOR of Energy Safety, Ken Bowron, has found the Cape Naturaliste bush fire which started on 7 February 2009, was started by a Western Power power line.
09/03/2009
ACCORDING to Active Air, air conditioning is not just about comfort, but is linked to a critical occupational health and safety issue.
10/06/2009
THE owner of an Adelaide sign installation business has been convicted and fined over $46,000 after one of his workers was electrocuted and a second was put at risk.
10/04/2008
ATTAR says its slip resistance study of floors in workplaces indicate there is substantial scope for employers to reduce slip accidents.
14/07/2009
RETURN To Work Matters’ Anna Kelsey-Sugg has written on the skills required by a Return to Work Coordinator.
23/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) has published a series of guidance literature to help workers who deal with radioactive material protect against radiation.
11/11/2008
ELECTRICAL contractor Jeremy Paul Blakiston Fowler, previously trading as Electro Power Services, has been fined $10,000 after a 2006 incident in which a worker was shocked by high voltage power lines.
06/03/2009
B&D Australia has been convicted and fined $300,000 after its guilty plea over the crushing death of one of its workers.
17/08/2009
A 22-year-old construction worker suffered an electric shock during an explosion at South Yarra on the morning of 7 May 2008.
07/05/2008
THE ORGANISERS of the Safety Show Sydney says the October exhibition will have a theme of “new, new, new”.
29/07/2008
TWO people have died on a farm in New Zealand after their tractor collided with power lines.
19/01/2009
WORKSAFE WA has issued a reminder on the importance of adequately guarding power take-offs (PTOs) after noting a number of serious injuries involving unguarded power take-offs.
26/03/2009
A company has been fined $40,000 after its excavator struck overhead power lines and destabilised a power pole.
06/05/2008
ERGON Energy will investigate an electrical shock incident involving one of its workers at Bollon.
28/03/2008
WORKPLACE Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) has published a safety alert regarding multi-cutters and grinding or cutting discs on power tools and air tools.
13/11/2008
WORKERS have returned to the Bluewaters power station in Collie after 300 contractors refused to work onsite following concerns of lead-based paint on temporary equipment.
31/03/2008
A 38-year-old Alinta power worker was electrocuted while restoring electricity to the suburb of Mornington in Melbourne.
04/04/2008
UNIVERSITY of Queensland and Baker IDI research fellow Genevieve Healy will warn employers of the damage that sitting for hours can do to workers’ health.
10/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Workers Union (AWU) says it hopes Federal parliament will pass the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) by 27 November 2009.
26/11/2009