Silica exposure occurs in construction-related industries such as quarrying, tunneling, civil construction, stonemasonry, cement manufacturing, concrete product fabrication, building demolition, high-rise concrete construction, brick and tile manufacturing, concrete recycling, bench top manufacture and paving. The toxic dust has been dubbed “the new asbestos”, and a 2017 Queensland Parliamentary inquiry into Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis (Black Lung) …
Inside Construction spoke to Peter Woodford, LSM Technologies’ managing director, about the development. “Vision Techniques has been manufacturing patented specialised vehicle mitigationRead More
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Last year, Inside Construction spoke with SafetyCulture CEO Luke Anear about the growth of his business and its future plans. Building on its mission to put mobile-first safety and qualityRead More
Businesses in Australia and around the world are gearing up for a change in occupational health and safety accreditation. These changes, which include a new international framework for improving employeeRead More
Too much lip service is being paid to mental health with not enough action being taken, especially in the workplace. New figures released from the state government revealed the majority of businesses inRead More
Heard of the phrase? No? Neither had I until recently when I took a group of clients on an off-the-grid hiking trip in Canada. We travelled to the alpine coast mountains, 12 hours north west of VancouverRead More
Communication on a construction work site is vital to not only getting the job done, but getting it done safely. With construction sites known for being loud places, talking with other co-workers isn’tRead More
The world’s first occupational health and safety international standard is currently being developed. It will help your organisation provide a safe and healthy workplace for your workers and otherRead More
Why do we wait until it is too late to ask for help? This was the problem statement I was asked to deliver as part of the inaugural University of New England (UNE) Smart Region Incubator Augmentation (Hackathon)Read More