A team of researchers in Sweden claim to have developed a reliable test that can detect drugs in a person’s system simply through their exhaled breath. Most mines in Australia currently use...
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A hard-hitting new safety video has just been launched by WorkCover, addressing the high-risk activity of loading and unloading flatbed trucks and trailers. The video establishes how an experienced...
Since the beginning of the year there have been 24 work-related deaths in Australia, according to Safe Work Australia. The mining sector has recorded the second highest number of fatalities with four...
Six out of ten underground personal transport vehicles at a New South Wales mine were found to be operating with faulty axle assembles by personnel investigating the cause of an accident. According...
Linc Energy has denied responsibility for an underground fire last week at its plant in Chinchilla, which is located near two private properties. The company said their underground coal gasification...
Curtin University and Northern Territory-based researchers have found elevated electrical conductivity in creek water to be a reliable predictor of toxic seepage from a nearby mine’s tailings pond...
Last year Australian laboratories confirmed more than 67,000 cases of influenza in the country – that’s more than the 2009 Flu Pandemic. Australians might be in for another bad season...
The Road Accident Action Group (RAAG) will be holding a free webinar on the risks of heavy vehicle rollovers over two Thursday’s in March. Designed specifically for road managers, mining and...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) have issued a number of notices to truck drivers in Western Australia who were found to be transporting dangerous good without the proper safety equipment...
WorkCover New South Wales SafeWork Awards, which recognises businesses and individuals that have made positive changes to workplace health and safety, are calling for entries for 2015. Any NSW...
