Motorists of New South Wales and Victoria are being urged not to panic and rush to buy fuel, despite hundreds of transport tankers being grounded and investigated following an explosive crash in Sydney that resulted in two fatalities. ...
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Australian road safety experts have created the world’s first ‘attention-powered car‘ in an attempt to combat fatalities and injuries caused by driver distraction and fatigue. The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Western ...
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Called 'Self Expiring', the printed membrane gradually reveals an expiring message over a period of time, eventually displaying a 'not fit for consumption' alert when the pills are no longer fit for use. The product has been created by ...
Preventing incidents before they happen is the focus of the Fleet Safety Council's 22nd annual educational conference, scheduled for 0ctober 24-26 in Kitchener, Ont. The three-day conference to be held in Crowne Plaza Hotel includes a ...
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China's chemical industry has achieved 15 percent annual industrial growth with a drop in workplace accidents, a senior official said on Wednesday. "The government has been paying increasing attention to the safety of work conditions when ...
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Japanese carmaker Honda has introduced two new experimental safety technologies for decreasing the collisions between automobiles and pedestrians as well as motorcycles. The new safety systems include vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) and ...
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Water the commodity gold of 21st century? Bless the bats of agriculture Vile dog meat markets still thriving in China Danger is part and parcel of agriculture. Row crops or livestock, grain bins or cotton gins, tractor or trailer, ...
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Global steel producer ArcelorMittal has had to shut down a blast furnace on August 8 at its Indiana Harbor steel plant in the US due to a technical failure, according to a Reuters report. ArcelorMittal said that it is not likely to have any ...
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UK researchers have found no link between the number of American drivers making phone calls while driving, and the number of collisions on US roads. The research team examined over eight million car crashes, and all road fatalities, that ...
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The Australian and New Zealand rail industries have launched Rail Safety Week, an annual initiative that sees passenger and freight rail operators, governments and the police come together to promote rail safety messages to local ...
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released a report that reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are more likely to be injured in land transport accidents than other Australians. The report, ...
Exploring ROI of Pneumatic Conveying from a Health and Safety PerspectiveDoan Pendleton, VP, VAC-U-MAX Workplace injuries in any organization take a bite out of profits. There is a wealth of data, statistics, and surveys from scores of ...
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New research has indicated that hogs that die while in transit, usually do so as a result of pre-existing heart conditions. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is now using the study as evidence livestock truckers shouldn't be held ...
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Why is maintenance of plant and machinery so important? A sufficient, effective maintenance program will make plant and machinery more reliable. Fewer breakdowns, whether just a minor setback or a more serious failure, will mean less ...
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The roads and the cars on them are set to form an intelligent, connected network within three years when a number of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers bring Car 2 Car (C2C) communication technology to the market. C2C allows ...
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