SafetyQuip News

New Product – Powerheart AED G3 Plus Defibrillator The next generation Powerheart AED has arrived. The feature rich Powerheart AED G3 Plus offers customers many new and exciting user-friendly features. More	Record Payout for Skin Cancer Death Workcover Queensland has made a record payout to the family of a construction worker who died from skin cancer at age 43. More
The Cost of Sales Safety products should be the last resort once all other OHS options have been investigated. So where do safety supply businesses stand, asks Lionel Hedt, SafetyQuip’s Technical and Training Manager. More	Swine Flu Protection There are shortcomings in any protective measures undertaken to protect against flu virus including swine flu. Simple hand cleaning accompanied with well fitting face masks are only some of the protective measures needed to reduce exposure risk. More
National Workplace Stats for 2007/08 Four industries have accounted for eight out of every ten notified work-related fatalities. More	Paint Stripper Solvents There are paint strippers on the market containing methylene chloride. It is listed as a probable carcinogen. More
Sensitisers in Hardwoods Many hardwood dusts are random sensitisers and can cause allergic respiratory, eye and skin reactions both after short term and long term use. More	Formaldehyde Is The Next Asbestos Some OH&S practitioners believe that formaldehyde is as dangerous as asbestos, and should be subject to stringent laws. More
Roof Tile Cutting - Silica Dust Exposure The use of power tools for cutting roof tiles can generate high concentrations of very fine crystalline silica dust. More	Man in Critical Condition After 4-Metre Fall A 24-year-old man is in critical condition and has undergone surgery after falling four metres off a vat of wine. More
What is Heat Stress? During any activity in elevated temperatures, the body attempts automatically to maintain a constant working temperature range by balancing out the heat gain and heat lost. More	Eye Injuries Relying on safety spectacles to prevent eye injury is sometimes not enough. In 80% of cases work-related eye injuries occurred when the worker was wearing eye protection. More
Noise & Hearing Loss During the year 2005 the number of people in the world with significant and measurable noise induced hearing loss (greater than 25 decibels in each ear) exceeded 562,000,000. More	Asbestos Risks After 20 years of education, investigation and monitoring to ensure buildings are asbestos free, the recent Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union building alert in Melbourne highlights the still ever-present risk of imported materials into Australia. More
National Strategy To Improve OH&S Standards Recently published statistics reveal the extent in both human and economic terms of unsafe and unhealthy Australian workplaces. More