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 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
ACTIVE Air has released the 5kW HPC 4000 portable air conditioner, designed for spot cooling in warehouses, offices and server rooms.
25/11/2009
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
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
DRAEGER Safety Pacific has established a rental fleet of gas detection and respiratory protection safety equipment.
15/01/2009
KENNARDS Hire claims a resin powder manufacturer has hired two misting fans for its Brisbane headquarters, after trialling the cooling devices last summer in 2008.
03/12/2009
WORKSAFE Victoria has released a safety solution for ensuring local exhaust ventilation systems function properly.
05/08/2009
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
THE NATIONAL Training Information Services (NTIS) has posted up the CPC08 Construction, Plumbing and Services Integrated Framework Training Package.
12/03/2009
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
CAPITAL Safety has released the new DBI-SALA Anchor on the Go temporary fall protection roof anchor for metal roofs.
26/10/2009
CHANGES to OH&S regulations that require electrical equipment on construction and demolition sites to be tested and tagged come into effect on 01 January 2009.
17/12/2008
NT WORKSAFE has released a health and safety alert to remind workers and employers about the potential for fatal electric shock from live electrical equipment such as industrial battery chargers.
19/01/2009
ACCORDING to Easy Guides Australia, the new national ‘high risk’ licensing system will not be implemented before 2009, so business should be run ‘as usual’.
01/09/2008
VICTORIA’s implementation of its High Risk licence scheme has been delayed from its original date of 1 July 2009.
08/04/2009
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