Ask any shift worker about a typical shift and they will tell you the same thing: no two shifts are ever alike. Shift workers often enjoy the variety provided to them and the changing landscape. They might also tell you that it can be challenging and exhausting, but at the same time incredibly rewarding. Shift...

As we take a look back at the evolution of road safety, it’s interesting to see how much has changed; most of which has occurred just within the last 200 years. From the horse-drawn carriage to sensors, cameras, and wireless technology, a lot has happened in the road safety sphere over the past few decades...

Did you know human error, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), accounts for the majority of rail accidents? Of these accidents, the NTSB estimates up to half are due to fatigue. Types of rail What are rail companies transporting? To help find out that answer, we can segment the rail industry into...

MEDIA RELEASE Sponsorship places drowsy detection company on world racing stage Australian technology company Optalert has announced a sponsorship with Professional Formula 3 racing driver Dylan Young. Optalert CEO Scott Coles said the sponsorship would be effective for the term of the 2016-17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship and provided an excellent opportunity to show...

MEDIA RELEASE Optalert and GE Mining to join forces to help improve mine safety Optalert, a leading drowsiness detection provider has agreed with GE Mining, a leading global mining solutions provider, to work together on the integration of Optalert’s early-warning drowsiness detection technology with GE Mining’s Collision Avoidance System. Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS) protect miners...

When you step on board a flight, you hand over complete trust and assurance to the flight crew. The flight attendants ensure you are comfortable and safe throughout the flight, while the pilot and co-pilots, with hours of training, aim to get you to your destination safely. The aviation industry, just like other 24-hour operations,...

Do you try to undermine the importance of sleep? An hour here, 30 minutes there: a few nights of poor sleep isn’t such a big deal, right? Sleep is perhaps more important, and more vital to your reaction time, concentration, and ability to make timely, good decisions, than you give it credit for. It is...

Have you ever really stopped to think about all the ways a work-related accident would impact your business? Beyond your business, an accident on-site or during an employee’s working hours can have a wider spread of impact. It can affect:   Your clients Your finances Your insurance Your equipment Your employees (& their families)  ...

Google ‘Why am I so tired?’ and you’re met with hundreds of thousands of articles, papers and stories. You quickly realise that you’re not alone in your sleepiness. You may be feeling sluggish even after a good night’s sleep or you may suffer from insomnia and or sleep apnea; there are so many ways in...

When you stop and think about it, it is quite astonishing how far mankind has come – even just in my lifetime. Technology and transport in particular have moved very quickly. While autonomous car experiments have been conducted since the 1920s, it wasn’t until this decade that we have begun to see the incredible advances...