https://astroscan.sg/workplace-safety Consolidating and summarising safety technology and research through automated web trawling, powered by AI agents built with Claude. en Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:32:20 GMT https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/about-us/news-and-media/worksafe-releases-practical-guidance-on-wes/ https://astroscan.sg/#2026-07-22-4863 Workplace Safety Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT WorkSafe New Zealand released practical guidance on workplace exposure standards, the airborne-contaminant limits used to protect worker health, to help workplaces measure and manage exposures. The full guidance is linked below. Classifier (6.0): New Zealand occupational exposure standards guidance is relevant to Army workplace practices and overseas training duty-of-care, but lacks specific military application detail. Source: WorkSafe New Zealand https://www.gov.uk/guidance/personal-protective-equipment-and-heat-risk-of-heat-stress https://astroscan.sg/#2026-06-23-3ae5 Workplace Safety Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT The UK Health and Safety Executive published guidance on the risk of heat stress when wearing personal protective equipment, outlining how PPE can raise heat-strain risk and the controls employers should apply. The full guidance is linked below. Classifier (7.0): Substantive UK HSE guidance on heat stress risk under PPE is directly applicable to Singapore Army personnel working in high-temperature environments during training and operations, though not military-specific in origin. Source: UK Health and Safety Executive