We chat to fall prevention expert Carl Sachs about current issues in the height safety and fall prevention industry. What do you believe are the current limitations with regard to the Australian laws...
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A chemical supply company was fined $5000 last week for failing to report a dangerous goods incident which caused significant burns to one of its workers. The incident occurred at AGent Sales &...
A switchboard fire at a gas processing facility in Western Australia was caused by an arc flash, according to the Department of Mines and Petroleum. A Significant Incident Report released by the DMP...
The latest data released by New South Wales’ workers compensation authority shows a significant fall in death and injury rates in the state’s workplaces. The Statistical Bulletin 2013/14...
Thailand officials have announced they will close the country’s only active gold mine by the end of the month. A senior industry ministry official had ordered the closure of the Australian...
A man has been killed this morning after a truck rollover at a Melbourne quarry. Police and emergency services were called to the quarry, located in Plumpton at the intersection of Leakes Road and...
Injured workers will be eligible for two new benefits that provide further support for them to return to work. A $1000 new employment assistance benefit is available to all injured workers who return...
Highly toxic sodium cyanide has been found in a product that has been reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). The product was advertised by an overseas-based company as an...
A mining contracting company has been fined $20,000 in Perth Magistrates Court for the death of a worker at Fortescue Metal Group’s Christmas Creek mine in 2013. Mesa West Pty Ltd was charged...
An eighth case of Black Lung disease has been publicly confirmed today, making it the second coal miner in less than a week to be diagnosed with the deadly disease. The contract worker, who has asked...
