Three Australian retailers using Bangladeshi workers to manufacture clothing have not yet signed a safety accord regarding garment factories in that country.
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Safety standards – do your electrical goods comply?
Any electrical device used on a house wiring circuit can, under certain conditions, transmit a fatal current or start a fire. And every house or place of work has these devices.
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Kmart to continue to source from Bangladesh factories, with mandatory building checks
Kmart has revealed that it will continue to source products made in Bangladesh following the April Rana plaza factory disaster, though it would treat unsafe factory labour with “zero tolerance”.
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Choosing the right auto-darkening helmet for you
The welding helmet is one of the most important pieces of safety a welder has, but is your helmet the right one for the job?
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Nissan focuses on safety following US factory deaths
Nissan Motor Co. is focusing on safety at its manufacturing facilities in the US following the deaths of three workers at its assembly plant in Smyrna, Tenn.
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Retailers need clear human rights policies: report
Australian retailers need to develop clear labour and human rights policy in order to ensure that the rights of overseas workers are protected.
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Psychological distress may explain ‘ghost’ sighting at Bangladeshi garment factory
Claims by Bangladeshi workers that their garment factory is haunted by a ghost may be a sign of a mass psychogenic illness.
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Chrysler to recall 2.7m Jeeps in US
Chrysler is to recall 2.7 million Jeep Libertys and Jeep Grand Cherokees in the US. The move follows concerns that the vehicles represent a fire risk.
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Contaminated water suspected as 140 Bangladeshi garment workers become ill
Over 140 workers from two garment factories near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have taken ill. It is not known which clothing brands were produced at the factories.
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Fonterra workers win jobs back after Harlem Shake sacking
Two workers fired from Fonterra's Takanini plant in New Zealand for doing the Harlem Shake dance have successfully appealed the company's decision.
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30 reported injured by explosion at Louisiana factory
30 people have been reported injured by an explosion at a chemical factory in the town of Geismar in the American state of Louisiana.
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Water supply suspected of making Bangladeshi workers ill
Around 450 workers at a Bangladeshi garment factory became ill while working in a sweater factory near Dhaka.
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Campaign against non-compliant electrical products launched
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) and Voltimum launched the "Does it comply?" initiative this week in Sydney.
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Arson suspected at Wangara mining business
A fire investigation officer is investigating whether a fire at a Wangara business overnight was caused by arsonists.
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Rosehill factory fire interrupts traffic
A Rosehill factory fire is under control but causing traffic delays, with crews now working on avoiding a building collapse.
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Seeing Machines signs deal with Caterpillar for fatigue monitoring system
Technology originally developed at Australian National University will be available through global mining giant Caterpillar, after the US company signed a strategic agreement with Canberra-based Seeing Machines.
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Huge sinkhole kills 5 factory workers in China
Five factory workers were killed when a sinkhole measuring 10 metres in diameter opened outside an industrial park in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese town near Hong Kong.
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Over a dozen dead from China explosives factory disaster
The death toll from an explosion at Poly Explosives in Caofan township, in China’s Zhangqiu City, has reached 13.
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Global laws needed to safeguard rights of factory workers
It’s been almost a month since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, resulting in the deaths of 1100 garment workers.
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NZ Industry acts on steel imports
New Zealand may introduce a European-style compliance regime to ensure the quality of imported steel bolts and components used in construction is maintained.
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