WorkSafe (Western Australia) will be presenting a series of workshops as part of Safe Work October. These workshops are designed to benefit business owners, employers, managers, supervisors, safety and health representatives and OSH managers. This...
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National Bravery Awards will be given to four miners who used low intensity explosives to reach their trapped co-workers during the 2006 Beaconsfield mine rescue in Tasmania. The work of Scott...
Australian workplaces have recorded the lowest number of deaths in 11 years according to data released by Safe Work Australia today in the report Work-related Traumatic Fatalities, Australia 2014...
The 2014 Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference is currently in full swing in Townsville with delegates treated to a host of high profile speakers. Rob Neale will tomorrow address...
In late May, Greening Australia joined forces with miner and refinery operator, Alcoa of Australia, to launch an ambitious rehabilitation project called the One Million Trees Project. The project...
Around 200 students from across Australia are competing in the National Collegiate Mining Games which are being staged in Perth today for the first time. The two-day competition, being held at the...
By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...
Western Australia’s Mines Minister Bill Marmion has renewed calls for prospectors to ensure they have a safety plan, after a major search for a missing 59-year-old man near Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
The Western Australian government has approved development of a new Resources Safety Bill to further modernise resources industry regulation. Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said this was...
Over-the-counter drugs being bought by shift workers to help them stay awake or get to sleep show little evidence of working, according to a new research study. The authors of the Cochrane review...
Curtin University researchers have found sedentary working conditions are likely to contribute substantially to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers...
Compare The Market Pty Ltd has paid a penalty of $10,200 following the issue of an infringement notice by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in relation to claims made in recent...
The head of Queensland’s Resources Council (QRC), Michael Roche, is urging mine employees to make their safety concerns known to supervisors and ‘take it to the top’ if necessary. The plea comes in...
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