A coronial inquest into the death of a man at a Santos drilling site in Queensland has been told that the industry has gone back to the “dark old days”. Justin Smith, former drill rig...
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Mining Contractor, Crushing Services International Pty Ltd (CSI) has been fined $115,000 plus court costs in relation to the death of contracted electrician Kurt Williams on 14 August last year. The...
A devastating crash between a car and a bus carrying mine workers in Western Australia’s Goldfields has resulted in the death of a mother, her two small children and her baby boy. According to...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be aware that October is Safe Work month across the country. SafeWork Australia has out together an impressive range of seminars and...
Volunteer firefighters were called in to control a bushfire at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine in the Pilbara last Thursday night. According to The West Australian the fire was sparked by a...
[hr]I WAS PERFECT, THEN I FOUND OUT I WAS WRONG Imagine you’re doing any of the following activities: typing, cooking, reading, writing, shopping, or driving. Now, think about how often you make an...
The following is a Safety Alert issued by Work Safe WA: Recently a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a moving vehicle in the yard at his workplace. As the driver was manoeuvring to...
The AMMA has told a West Australian parliamentary inquiry that mental illness and self-harm is no more prevalent in the mining workforce than other industries. In its submission to the Western...
Mine companies in New South Wales who dump waste into waterways or fail to control dust levels will now be hit with massive new fines under new penalties for breaches of state planning laws. Minister...
One in five children aged under five in Broken Hill have blood lead levels above the current national goal of ten micrograms per decilitre (g/dL), according to a new report released today by The Lead...
