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Inexperienced operator rolls dump truck

Inexperienced operator rolls Moxy at 50km/h

The NSW mine Safety Regulator has reported an incident this week which saw an operator with one week’s experience roll a Moxy (Volvo A40D) on a sealed decline at 50 km/h. The Regulator said...

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NSW lowers respirable dust standards

Miners working in the NSW coal industry will soon be given greater protections on the job with the NSW Government set to implement a strict new exposure standard for respirable coal dust almost two...

Fake respirator

Fake respirator alert issued

An Australian safety regulator had issued an alert regarding the supply of fake respirators to the Australian market. According to information supplied to AMSJ, a number of Chinese manufacturers have...

Queensland mine safety inquiry

Finding the bottom line for mine safety in Queensland

OPINION The recent Grosvenor mine explosion near Moranbah in Central Queensland has once again refocussed public attention on mine safety in the State. Frankly, though I’m exhausted that the...

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Mine safety and health regulator should be in Mackay

A Queensland MP says that the Queensland Government should make do on its’ pre-election commitment to relocate the mine safety and health regulator to Mackay. Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan today...

ETU welcomes the Board of Inquiry into Grosvenor

The Electrical Trades Union welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement of a Board of Inquiry into the Grosvenor Mine Explosion but called on the State Government and Queensland Resources...