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Safe Work Australia Week 2010
Seeded on Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:33 PM EDT (OSHEM Solutions)
Safe Work Australia Week (SWAW), now in its 6th year, is an annual event within Australia designed to increase awareness of occupational health & safety and generate a focus of activities within workplaces, as well as the wider community.
Australian Prime Minister & NSW Premier Battle Over OHS Law
Seeded on Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:22 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
The Australian Prime Minister and New South Wales Premier, both members of the Labor Party, have had a public stoush over the Premier's suggest that her state would pull out of a deal which would see the 'harmonisation' of Occupational Health & Safety legislation in all Australia …
Australian Farmer's Fight to Save Locusts
Seeded on Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:15 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
An Australian farmer has set up a website to raise support against the mass killing of lucusts. 4 states of Australia are set to undertake one of the largest spraying campaigns ever seen in the country in an attempt to avoid a lucust plague.
Limbless worker to swim the English Channel
Seeded on Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:58 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
A man who lost all his limbs during an electrical accident is attempting to swim the English Channel. Philippe Croizon, 42 of France, lost all his limbs in 1994 when he was hit by 20,000 volts which arced from a powerline into him whilst he was removing a television aerial.
Finalist in World Sauna Championships dies of Heat Stress
Seeded on Sat Aug 7, 2010 8:35 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
The two finalists in Finland's annual World Sauna Championships were rushed to hospital before the competition ended and the Russian contestant died. The competition involves having contestants sit for as long as they can in sweltering conditions.
Aussie mining town kids have excessive lead levels
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 1:38 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Testing carried out in mining centre, Mt Isa, show that kids still have unsafe lead levels. The Govt Chief Health Officer is urging parents to have their kids tested and to take precautions in their homes to reduce exposure.
$37m sexual harrassment claim will damage Australian retailers brand
Seeded on Tue Aug 3, 2010 1:32 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
According to Business Analyst the $37 million law suit against top end retailer, David Jones, is likely to damage its well known brand, especially with female shoppers.
Australian Farm Accidents Cost $1b per year
Seeded on Sat Jul 24, 2010 1:50 AM EDT (Australian ABC News Online)
A Farm Safety Researcher, John Temperley, has found that farm accidents and deaths are costing the Australian agricultural sector more than $1 billion per year.
Australian Minister for Environmental Calls for Reform After Accusations of Japanese Whaling Bribes
Seeded on Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:33 AM EDT (Australian News Network)
The on-going whaling battle between Australia and Japan continues this week with new accusations of Japan bribing officials of poorer nations with money and call girls.
Japan says whale court action wont hurt Australian relations
Seeded on Mon Jun 7, 2010 11:48 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Australia's long running dispute with Japan over its "scientific whaling" program is soon likely to be brought to a head in the International Court of Justice.
Teenager looses testicle in school-yard "sack tapping" game
Seeded on Fri Jun 4, 2010 12:06 AM EDT (Australian News Network)
A 14 year old boy has had a testicle removed after a school-yard game went too far. According to this article, "sack tapping" involves hitting other male students in the groin.
Miners' exposure to radiation at unsafe levels according to company whistleblower
Seeded on Thu Jun 3, 2010 11:59 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
The operators of Australia's Olympic Dam Uranium Mine (known to hold 35% of the world's uranium) are exposing employees and contractors to unsafe levels of radiation, according to a whistleblower from inside the company.
Health, Safety & Environmental Incidents May 2010
Seeded on Tue Jun 1, 2010 11:36 PM EDT (www.oshemsolutions.com.au)
Read about Australian health, safety & environmental incidents. Hopefully they can assist you in reduce your workplace risk. English as a second language incident / lack of training Employee failing to meet obligations / breach Runaway truck death
Greens Leaders says a BP-like Oil Spill could happen in Australia
Seeded on Mon May 31, 2010 2:09 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Bob Brown, leader of the Australian Greens party, says that the BP Oil Spill should lead to international discussion and action to prevent it happening elsewhere.
Child a day falls on to Sydney rail tracks
Seeded on Fri May 28, 2010 9:58 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
The Australian footage of a pram rolling off a platform and under an on-coming train made headlines all over the world. By some miracle the child was relatively unharmed.
Australian Timber Company fined $540k over workplace amputation
Seeded on Thu May 20, 2010 11:06 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
An Australian Timber Company has been fined $460,000 and the director personally fined a further $80,000 by the Victorian Health & Safety regulator, WorkSafe, in relation to a workplace incident in which an employee lost his left arm.
28 Miners found dead underground in Turkey
Seeded on Thu May 20, 2010 5:27 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Rescue workers have discovered the bodies of 28 miners trapped inside an underground Turkish coal mine after a gas explosion on Monday. It is likely that the trapped miners died from suffocation. Its been a shocking couple of months for mine safety across the world.
Business is not prepared to respond to the right type of emergencies
Seeded on Thu May 20, 2010 1:30 AM EDT (www.oshemsolutions.com.au)
Emergencies have dominated the media in recent times. From sinking oil rigs which leak for weeks, to mine explosions, from suspicious cars to ones seeping smoke and filled with ticking home-made bombs.
10 dead in China mine blast
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 11:21 PM EDT (Australian News Network)
A gas explosion has rocked a coal mine in northern China. A total of 41 miners were in the pit at the time with 30 brought to safety, 10 confirmed as dead and one still missing, state media reported today, citing workplace health and safety officials.
BP under pressure to shut Atlantis
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 11:14 PM EDT (The Australian | The Australian Homepage | TheAustralian)
The US Minerals Management Service is investigating claims that BP's Atlantis field (2nd biggest in the Gulf of Mexico) lacks key engineering safety documentation.
Forget Dogs, Letterboxes now hazardous to postmen
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 9:41 PM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Posties, long the target of the family dog, are now worried about losing the tip of their fingers to technological advanced letterboxes.
World Environment Day 2010
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 6:13 AM EDT (www.oshemsolutions.com.au)
Established by the United Nations at the General Assembly in Stockholm in 1972, World Environment Day (WED) is the principal vehicle through which the UN stimulates awareness and influences governments throughout the world to act on protecting the environment.
Country Drivers More Likely to Speed
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 12:46 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
Research undertaken by the Transport Accident Commission has found that country drivers are more likely to speed than their city counter parts. The reason? A perception that they are less likely to be caught.
Queensland Govt Strengthens Workers Compensation Legislation
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 12:42 AM EDT (ABC News Australia)
The Queensland State Government (Australia) says amendments introduced into Parliament will maintain workers compensation scheme as the strongest in the country. Queensland fund had been in trouble in recent times, partly due to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
OHS Implications of an Aging Workforce
Seeded on Tue May 18, 2010 11:01 PM EDT (www.oshemsolutions.com.au)
With the exception of very recent years, the developed world is faced with an undersupply of skilled workers. As the working population ages, this situation is only likely to worsen.
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