Compensation has been denied to a former mine employee who swapped shifts with a co-worker on the day of the 1994 Moura Mine disaster. In 2011 the man filed a claim with the Supreme Court of...
Author - Mining Editor
Turkey is in the news again for all the wrong reasons – eighteen miners are trapped 300 metres below the surface at the Has Sekerler coal mine, near Ermenek, after a burst pipe flooded the mine...
Mine workers from the northern Bowen Basin are being asked to take part in a men’s health study aimed at discovering why men’s health is much poorer than women’s in the Mackay...
Cancer Council Queensland has called for urgent joint action by governments and the community to curb an alarming increase in the number of Queenslanders dying of preventable diseases. Queensland has...
It may be the final week of Safe Work Month for 2014 but there is still plenty happening! Here’s what’s coming up: Tuesday 28 October 10am – Safety on outback stations – A snapshot of the...
A worker at Santos’ LNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone sustained a number of injuries yesterday in a fall. The Gladstone Observer reports that the 27-year old sustained swollen ankles, a...
The crew from Oaky Creek North has won the national Mines Rescue Competition held in Central Queensland yesterday. Nine teams competed in the competition from Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania...
The final report into the leach tank spill at Ranger uranium mine in the NT late last year has been released, with mine owners, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA), given a light rap on the knuckles...
Michelle Baxter, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Safe Work Australia is encouraging workplace safety professionals to tune into the Australian Strategy Virtual Seminar Series tomorrow (24th October)...
Bechtel has been recognised for its commitment to safety on the GLNG plant project with a National Safety Award of Excellence from the National Safety Council of Australia. Bechtel is designing and...
