Reducing risks in warehousing and storage

Slip and trip accidents, though often seen as trivial, are avoidable and serious problems in warehousing and storage.

OHS Management System assessment quiz

Worksafe Victoria has released a quiz to help workplaces quickly identify strengths and weaknesses in their occupational health and safety management systems.

Speakers revealed for 2009 Safety in Action conference

The Safety Institute of Australia has released more details on the speaker program for the 2009 Safety In Action Conference.

Tuna processor fined over amputated fingertip

Port Lincoln Tuna Processors has been convicted and fined in the SA Industrial Relations Court over an incident where one of its workers had her fingertip amputated.

McCain fined for workplace safety breaches

McCain Foods (Australia) Pty. Ltd. has been convicted and fined $75000, plus costs, after pleading guilty to workplace health and safety breaches, this time at its Ballarat plant.

How to justify safety

Buyers and sellers alike need to think a little further than the price tag when it comes to justifying safety.

Managing risk in cold workplaces

A new ISO standard provides a comprehensive methodology for assessing risk and managing work in cold environments.

Brewer pleads guilty to safety charges

Fosters Australia Limited has pleaded guilty to two workplace safety charges following the death of a worker on 13 April 2006.

Study highlights changing attitudes to health & wellness

The functional food and drink market in the US, Western Europe and Asia-Pacific is entering a critical era, with a number of inhibitors threatening to impact on the impressive growth rates that the global health and wellness market is currently experiencing.

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