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AUSTRALIA’S MOST DANGEROUS JOBS REVEALED

How dangerous do you think your job is? Regardless of what your occupation is, every job comes with risk. Whether you’re a construction worker, miner, or even an office worker, occupational health and safety.

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WHAT MAKES A GOOD SAFETY SUPPLIER?

When it comes to ensuring workplace safety, it’s essential your employees are equipped with only the finest safety equipment and that your safety supplier helps you choose the products that meet your specific needs..

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WHO DOES A WORKPLACE ACCIDENT HURT THE MOST?

Are you and your mum, dad, husband, wife, sister, or brother one of the 11,984,300 employed Australians heading off to work each week? Do you have nightmares about a police officer showing up at.

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4 UNSUSPECTED FRANCHISE SUCCESS STORIES

When you think of franchised businesses, you generally think of burger joints and cleaning services… not safety equipment, drug and alcohol testing, or leather repairers… right? Believe it not, the latter are examples from.

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PROTECTING WORKERS FROM FLASH BURNS

Protecting workers should be the highest priority for businesses, but recent incidents have shown workplaces overlook potential of injury or death as a result of arc and clothing ignition flashes. Non-compliance with testing and.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO CARDIFF DISTRICT MEN’S SHED

Congratulations to Cardiff District Men’s Shed, recipient of the $3,000 SafetyQuip Men’s Shed Goodwill Project Grant. Cardiff will use the grant to build “Buddy Benches” for the local primary schools to combat bullying and.

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HEAT STRESS

The human body consists mostly of water. As high as 80% of body mass when we are babies, it drops to as low as 60% as we age. The brain, however, remains around 85%.

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ASBESTOS

WORKING SAFELY WITH ASBESTOS Asbestos was an extremely popular material throughout the 20th century for a wide variety of building applications. It was non-flammable, and it performed admirably as an insulator for heat, corrosive chemicals,.

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WELDING FUMES

This article looks at some of the safety issues arising from fumes produced by various welding processes, and at how you can best protect yourself and your employees. Welding is classified as a “hot.

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NEED FOR FLUIDS

Dehydration adversely affects worker productivity, safety and morale.1 Loss of fluids can cause Dehydration, Heat Stress, and Fatigue (DHF), the effects of which include decreased cognitive abilities, reduced performance and slowed reaction times.2,3,4 This can lead.

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HEIGHT SAFETY: YOUR LIFE HANGS IN THE BALANCE

In the big picture, the human body can be a frail structure. Compared, say, to a domestic cat, our ability to fall from height unscathed is pretty unimpressive. A 100kg person falling 2 metres.

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CLEANSPACE: REVOLUTIONARY RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

CleanSpace is the logical choice in respiratory protection due to the wearability, simplicity and comfort of their revolutionary products. Just have a look at their two amazing powered respirators: the CleanSpace Ex and the.

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SafetyQuipYour One-Stop Safety Shop

Safety Gear - Workwear - Footwear - Site Safety

Meeting your safety obligations to your workforce is a serious business. Standards evolve, and it can be tough to keep abreast of them. So it’s great to know you have a partner in SafetyQuip – a business that makes it its business to know your safety issues, and stocks all the safety workwear and PPE you will need to address them.

At SafetyQuip, we stock every kind of safety equipment and PPE, including respiratory protection, HI VIS safety workwear, height safety and skin protection. We stock safety equipment for materials handling, with ladders, platforms and elevated work spaces. And we’ve got you covered for personal protective equipment for the feet, with waterproof and steel capped work boots, plus a range of accessories.

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