RESEARCHERS will compete for cash during the Safety in Action Conference in April 2010 as part of a bid to stimulate OHS research.
05/02/2010
THE SAFETY Institute of Australia (SIA) will host a Three Minute Thesis Competition as part of the Safety in Action Conference from 20 to 22 April 2010.
15/04/2010
THE SOUTH Australian State Government is inviting SA researchers to apply for grants to help expand the body of knowledge on workplace health and safety in the state.
06/07/2009
THE Health and Safety Professionals Alliance says WorkSafe Victoria has granted it $393,000 to develop and implement a core body of knowledge of OHS professionals.
03/09/2009
OCCUPATIONAL health and safety pioneer Dr Eric Wigglesworth has died, days short of presenting a paper to the Safety In Action Conference calling for systemic change to the research into workplace health.
24/03/2009
SENATOR Kim Carr, in an address to the ACTU OHS and Workers' Compensation Seminar on Nanotechnology, talked about OHS in the face of developing technology.
28/05/2010
THE ACT Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner says the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council has decided to establish Safe Work Australia as an Executive Agency.
19/02/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria says the road freight transport industry will help it develop a strategy and action plan to improve the workplace health and safety in the sector.
24/03/2009
SAFEWORK SA says it is developing a website which will provide young workers with access to occupational health and safety and industrial relations information regarding their rights and responsibilities.
12/06/2008
THE AUSTRALIAN Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) has released a research report which looks at the importance of having accurate anthropometric data for occupational health and safety designs.
20/01/2009
RESEARCH conducted by the University of Sydney has found fatigue to be the number one accident risk factor for construction workers.
29/01/2010
THE SAFE Work Australia Council met on 18 September 2009, and has agreed the new national OHS laws are ready for release.
21/09/2009
THE OFFICE of the Federal Safety Commissioner (OFSC) has released a report based on OHS data collected from accredited companies from July to December 2009.
27/05/2010
THE AUSTRALIAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry has attempted to debunk the claims of the ACTU in demanding changes to the national OHS laws.
11/09/2009
THE Construction Safety 2009 international conference will be held in Melbourne from 21 to 23 October.
23/09/2009
OHS researcher Rwth Stuckey says road deaths are the number one cause of traumatic work fatalities, and these are ignored because they could not be measured.
15/04/2010
WORKSAFE Victoria has applied new penalty options to a Geelong-based company, resulting in the offender placing a newspaper advertisement about what it did wrong.
17/03/2008
SAFE Work Australia has released the new national Noise Exposure and the Provision of Noise Control Measures in Australian Workplaces report.
09/02/2010
WORKPLACE health solutions provider Konekt has provided seven tips for effectively managing occupational health and safety in the workplace.
06/10/2009