Five Smartphone Safety Apps.  Available from <https://www.fallsafetyapp.com/blog/five-apps-to-extend-safety-stand-down-week>  This year’s National Safety Stand Down Week is in the books and we start off a new week mindful of the fact that construction safety is important all 52 weeks of the year. Fatalities caused by construction workers falling from high elevations is the number one cause of…

CFMEU objections to worksite safety laws either don’t hold up or lack detail that we need as an industry by Ian Markos, The Advertiser.  Available from <http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/ian-markos-the-construction-union-says-health-and-safety-officials-need-more-powers-to-stop-worker-deaths-on-sa-building-sites/news-story/d7eee4d79432bd5e753f7f5a05cbe441> [February 14, 2017 3:38pm] TWO weeks ago the CFMEU called on members to march on Parliament House on Wednesday to end worksite deaths, claiming building site health and…

Truck driving: one of the deadliest workplaces in Australia by Anna Patty.  Available from <http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/truck-driving-one-of-the-deadliest-workplaces-in-australia-20170202-gu3rjv.html> [Feb 03, 2017] A truck cabin is among the deadliest workplaces in Australia, new research shows. The Macquarie University study, which surveyed 559 truck drivers, found a high proportion are forced to work long and dangerous hours carrying unsafe loads to avoid losing…