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
ACTIVE Air has released the 5kW HPC 4000 portable air conditioner, designed for spot cooling in warehouses, offices and server rooms.
25/11/2009
OFFICE of Regulatory Services (ORS) WorkCover ACT says it is continuing to investigate a 9 April 2009 incident where asbestos was detected in air conditioning ducts during building works at a suburban shopping centre.
10/06/2009
AN air conditioning company has been fined $120,000 after an explosion and fire in a vehicle containing bottles of flammable gas in suburban Sydney.
30/04/2008
TWO companies have been fined over an incident in which a young worker fell 4.5m through a skylight.
07/01/2009
THE COMMISSION for Occupational Safety and Health is inviting public submissions on its revised code of practice for the prevention and control of Legionnaires’ disease.
16/07/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says employers need to plan to ensure workers are not put at risk, as weather forecasts for 7 February 2009 indicate a scorching 43 degrees in Melbourne and up to 46 in Mildura and Swan Hill.
06/02/2009
XSTRATA Mount Isa Mines says its efforts to get injured workers back to work has been recognised in a nomination for Queensland’s first Return to Work Awards.
22/07/2009
DELTA Ohm, distributed in Australia by W & B Instruments, has released the HD45/6 series of air quality monitors for indoor use.
14/12/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has released new guidebook focusing on the safety risks associated with air receivers.
24/11/2008
CSIRO has developed a new air filtration technology from wool textile, said to be suitable for respirators in the personal protective equipment (PPE) market.
25/06/2008
A CONTRACTOR from Mel-Ray Industries has installed a dual-line air/hydraulic braking system from Australian Brake Controls in his tractors and trailers.
03/03/2010
VISCOUNT Rotational Mouldings was fined $162,500 for the workplace fatality of two of its Wagga Wagga staff.
07/03/2008
THE PRONAL Group is expanding distribution of its lifting cushions in Australia following a Queensland State Coroner’s call for high capacity airbags for mine safety and rescue.
09/11/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has released a safety solution on preventing explosions when testing pipelines.
19/06/2009
EXHAUST Air Recycling System (EARS) Australia, a 2007 WorkSafe Award winner, has been recognised in the Safe Work Australia Awards as having the best solution to an identified workplace health and safety issue.
07/05/2008
XSTRATA says it will be installing an air monitoring system for the mining city of Mount Isa to test for toxic metals in real-time.
04/08/2008
MINDIBUNGU Aboriginal Corporation has been fined $26,000 after a 17-year-old worker at a remote Aboriginal community was killed by an exploding tyre.
23/06/2008
THE death of two workers in Western Australia has prompted WorkSafe to issue a safety warning on loading and unloading tankers.
17/12/2008
EVRSAFE Solutions has been awarded $70,400 in the latest round of COMET funding, for its toxic gas detector.
24/09/2009