Put your sunnies on! The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is encouraging the community to choose the best protection for their eyes. In Australia, sunglasses must be sold with the...
Author - Mining Editor
From 1 January next year (2015) mine operators in South Australia will be required to submit incident reports and quarterly work health and safety reports to the new online National Mine Safety...
A former Coppabella mine worker is suing his former employer for $2 million for negligence over severe injuries he sustained in a car crash he caused after falling asleep at the wheel. According to...
A mine worker who was caught smoking underground, sleeping underground, and was repeatedly late for shift has (unsurprisingly) lost his unfair dismissal claim with the Fair Work Commission. Despite...
amsj
A section of the Koolan Island iron ore mine off the Kimberley coast of WA is now flooded to sea level after it’s sea wall collapsed on Tuesday. No one was injured by the breach and all non...
Launched in August 2014, the Worker Assist app is an Australian first now used by over 2,500 injured Queensland workers with over 14,000 logins recorded in October alone. The app, which enables...
A spotter in a hurry almost caused a ‘slap, snap, shoot’ explosion at a Western Australian mine site, according to the latest Significant Incident Report from Resources Safety. The...
Safe Work Australia has released three new reports on the dangers of exposure to some of the most dangerous carcinogens to which workers are regularly exposed. The reports cover the following...
An incorrectly installed ladder led to a worker at an open cut coal mine sustaining spinal injuries when he fell from a grader, according to a new report from NSW Mines Safety. The report states that...
