New app makes reporting of workplace risks, unsafe practices easier
A new app will help make reporting dangerous work practices and risks to workers’ safety easier.
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Students create augmented reality system to help workers safely shut down dangerous machinery
An augmented reality system which has been designed to protect workers from being electrocuted when isolating or turning off heavy machinery in manufacturing plants has recently won in this year’s UNSW Sydney’s Maker Games.
New toolkit to improve workplace health and safety launched
A new self-assessment toolkit to improve workplace health and safety in NSW has been launched.
New post inspection technology to help improve workplace health and safety
Essential Energy is introducing new pole inspection technology to improve work practices, productivity and employee health and safety.
New precise intelligence system to make industrial robots and human collaboration safer and more efficient
Working alongside industrial robots can be dangerous but thanks to a revolutionary sensing system, human and robot navigation and collaboration would soon be easier and safer.
Newly developed helmets could potentially reduce quad bike injuries and deaths
A new kind of helmet designed for farm workers could potentially reduce quad bike deaths and injuries, an expert says.
VIC paramedics to get body cameras to protect them from occupational violence
Victorian paramedics will get high-tech body cameras as part of a new trial to protect them from the rising rates of violence they experience on the job.
Body worn cameras for police officers to be rolled out in South Australia
Body-worn cameras will soon be rolled out for frontline police in South Australia. It is expected that every officer will be equipped with the technology within three years.
Motorola to provide managed service mobility solution to Victoria Police to boost workforce safety and efficiency
Victoria Police have partnered with Motorola Solutions to improve workforce safety, efficiency and collaboration among frontline officers.
New app to help businesses manage health and safety risks
New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator, WorkSafe, has recently developed a new online tool to help businesses manage their workplace health and safety risks.
SafeWork NSW grant to digitise plant operator verification of competency accreditation system
The Civil Contractors Federation NSW, which is the state’s peak representative body for employers in the civil construction and maintenance industry announced the award of a SafeWork NSW grant to digitise the civil construction industry’s plant operator verification of competency accreditation system.
New online workplace hazard and incident reporting system now available
WorkSafe WA has introduced a new system allowing online reporting of workplace hazards and incidents and work-related injuries and diseases.
Farmer invents automated alert system to reduce quad bike injuries and deaths
A Victorian farmer has invented an automated alert system to help reduce quad bike fatalities.
New WorkCover Connect features introduced
WorkCover Queensland has released new features to further improve its online workers’ compensation tool, WorkCover Connect.
Townsville tech startup receives funding for work safety app
The Queensland Government will invest on a Townsville-based tech firm which has developed a way of using mobile phones to make travel between job sites safer.
Scientists receive total of $540,000 funding for mining industry research
The scientists will share in $540,000 research funding by the state government. Each of the recipients will receive $180,000 over three years.
Innovative research project aims to make Victorian mines safer
The project will involve geotechnical and hydrogeological studies if mine batters, which are the sloping pit walls between the top of the mine and the pit floor.
RSRT publishes online payments calculator
A new online payments calculator has been published by the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to assist parties in determining correct minimum payments under the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments Road Safety Remuneration Order 2016 (2016 RSRO).
$750,000 government funding set to boost productivity, safety in the mining sector
A partnership between the South Australian Government and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) will establish an “Internet of Things” focused cluster for the mining and energy resources sector, to boost productivity, efficiency and safety.
Siemens set up Global Skill Center for Occupational Safety
The training center has been designed to provide practical training on the latest safety equipment and techniques to achieve a “Zero Harm Culture” to allow people to work without accidents.
Company behind wearable technology for workplace injury prevention teams up with Monash Health to reduce injuries among nurses
This strategy is a three-way commercial arrangement between Monash Health, global workplace insurer Allianz and dorsaVi.
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