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.
A new kind of helmet designed for farm workers could potentially reduce quad bike deaths and injuries, an expert says.
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 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.
Victoria Police have partnered with Motorola Solutions to improve workforce safety, efficiency and collaboration among frontline officers.
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.
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.
WorkSafe WA has introduced a new system allowing online reporting of workplace hazards and incidents and work-related injuries and diseases.
A Victorian farmer has invented an automated alert system to help reduce quad bike fatalities.
WorkCover Queensland has released new features to further improve its online workers’ compensation tool, WorkCover Connect.
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.
The scientists will share in $540,000 research funding by the state government. Each of the recipients will receive $180,000 over three years.
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.
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).
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.
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.
This strategy is a three-way commercial arrangement between Monash Health, global workplace insurer Allianz and dorsaVi.
The Australian meat processing sector is gaining confidence on BladeStop with some businesses investing in the product.
The Gen 6 model utilises infrared technology with remote programming capabilities, which eliminates the need for ladders to commission and maintain detectors.
High risk work licence holders can now renew their licence and update contact details online.
VicRoads will install radar-based reverse braking technology to its road maintenance fleet.
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