EMRAILS supplies the largest and most comprehensive range of ex-stock railway rails, crane rails and light rails in Australia. An Australian rail stockist for more than 25 years, the company provides excellent service in stocking and distributing of...
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The Corporate Protection Australia Group (CPA Group) is one of the largest private safety and emergency response companies in the southern hemisphere. Its key individuals and associates have a sound...
We have all heard of Bartercard. It was launched in 1991 and became the world’s largest trade exchange where small and medium businesses barter-trade over $600 million each year in nine countries...
Winter can be a beautiful time of the year depending on where you live, but the season also presents several risks to workers who may be constantly outside. Slips, trips, and falls are the most...
The mining industry has come a long way. While some of that is thanks to strict health and safety regulation, a lot of it can also be contributed to the use of remote-controlled equipment taking care...
One mine disaster in Australia could have been much worse and there were lessons learned that are applied today to prevent a re-occurrence. In 2006 a small earthquake created a disaster for miners at...
Every country with a mining industry has a disaster to speak of, and New Zealand is no different. The first, and worst, struck at Brunner Mine in 1896. All of the miners who were in the mine at the...
With a mining industry as large as Australia’s it should come as no surprise that we have a vast history of accidents, varying in size. The worst mining disaster in the history of Australia...
Looking to get into the mining industry? It turns out it’s the place to be if you have a background in health and safety. There are a wide variety of job roles related to mine safety in...
Heat stress occurs when the body’s means of controlling its internal temperature starts to fail. Air temperature, humidity, air flow, work rate, acclimatisation, radiant temperature and clothing...
NSW Resources Regulator inspectors have identified situations in which underground coal mines have been operating diesel engine plant in areas where ventilation quantities have been less than the...
From September 1996 to November 2017, the mining industry experienced five fatal accidents when a section of the face or roof fell and struck miners positioned between the longwall face conveyor and...
At 12.57 pm on 1 February 2016, a 57-year-old worker fell 2.7 m from the platform of an articulated dump truck (dump truck) and suffered serious head injuries. The dump truck was on a low loader road...
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