A lot of businesses are wrestling with awkward working at height situations that have in the past been accessed by a standard ladder or other (at times dubious) pieces of equipment.
In order to keep up with the increasing demands for safety in the workplace, Viking Conveyor now stocks uni chains latest step towards increasing safety levels in the corrugated industry – the uni...
Of course falling off your work site is never the preferred option but should the worst happen Capital Safety’s new DBI-SALA Rope-Safe Rope Grab from its Rollgliss Technical Rescue range of products...
Scientists from the University of Auckland’s Bioengineering Institute (ABI) are collaborating with the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart, Germany to create human exoskeletons that will reduce...
The Maintenance Engineering Society has highlighted it. WorkSafe NZ has been proactive in publicising it. Now the reality is hitting home as Worksafe NZ inspectors start the pilot trial of its new...
The Maintenance Engineering Society of NZ (MESNZ) is throwing its weight behind WorkSafeNZ’s profile campaign introducing the new Best Practice Guidelines for the Safe Use of Machinery.
The new...
Noting that every dollar spent on safety sends $4 to $6 to the bottom line, a report by 3M recommends that companies invest in risk evaluations to identify on-site hazards, and put the best processes...
The Department of Labour recorded 26 fatalities in the manufacturing sector between 2005 and 2010. Editor Stefan Richter asked Tony Catterson, Pilz Safe Automation’s NZ Manager, where these alarming...
Those who design new machinery or make electrical/control systems modifications to existing machine need to be aware of changes that have occurred with the Machinery Directive and standards that...
Trends in hydraulics including integration with IOT
FPS improving safety for hydraulic systems
10 signs that it might be time to upgrade your compressed air piping.