Noise in mining may be defined as an undesirable sound lacking musical quality. Depending on the sources from which it is generated, noise can be classified as intermittent, impact or impulsive noise, repetitive impact noise, continuous narrowband...
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Perth based safety, rostering and travel management software provider INX Software company has acquired a workforce logistics management software provider, Vix Resources. In a statement released...
An urgent recall of a residual current device that was old in NSW and Victoria has been issued by the Energy Safety regulator in Victoria. The Transco Model RCDMCB10S/RCDMCB16S/RCDMCB20S Batch number...
Metso Outotec is complementing its line of mobile and modular stationary crushing solutions with a sizer option specially designed for soft ore and aggregate applications. The new additions to Metso...
Alarming scenes of a mining workshop collapsing around maintenance personnel have drawn the attention of the Queensland mining safety regulator who is said to be commencing a review of structure...
The WA Government announced today that it would provide temporary assistance to three lithium mineral producers in Western Australia. Galaxy Resources’ Mt Cattlin operations, Pilbara...
With their strong roots in the oil and gas industries of Texas, USA, Otis Instruments has experience and expertise backing its products. With newly acquired IECEx certification for wired and wirefree...
The number of fatalities occurring in the Australian mining sector last year has fallen with five workers killed till 18th November 2020 according to a Safe Work Australia report. In the same period...
The Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) Foundation has recently announced the recipients of its first-round project grants. The grants have been awarded by the Foundation to...
On 11 September 2020, the defendant, a large concrete company pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the Brisbane Magistrates Court for breaching s 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the ‘Act’)...
The death of a WA miner, Adam Perttula in November 2015 was linked to heat stress, according to prosecution and a significant incident report released by the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The 28...
A report released last week by the Centre for Future Work provides first-hand accounts of dangerous levels of heat stress experienced in a range of occupations – including construction, outdoor...
MinEx NZ has reported an incident that a worker has been seriously injured after he fell from a dump truck. According to the report, after finishing his shift, a worker exited his dump truck for the...