With 60,000 people likely to die by 2030 from mining asbestos at Wittenoom, Ludwig Heinrich says many people should be tried for murder and their assets taken as proceeds of crime. My Mother, Stella...
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BHP will introduce driverless trucks into Queensland and NSW coal mines in the next 12 months according to BHP Billiton coal president Dean Dalla Valle. Autonomous mining trucks are already a feature...
If you have a work safety success story, or know of an organisation or individual leading the way in work safety, The Queensland Safe Work Awards wants to hear from you! Presented by the Queensland...
A practical guide to preventing injuries on the mine site – from the NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council WHAT IS A MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER (MSD)? MSD is an umbrella term for injuries and...
A new online induction tool designed to boost the emotional resilience of Australia’s growing population of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers has been launch today by Mining Family Matters. The...
Roma workers and employers are being invited to join rugby league legend and State of Origin Coach Mal Meninga at a special work health and safety event in Roma on Wednesday (30 April) – the...
In an effort to achieve world-leading WHS, MSAC has also developed a program to benchmark WHS culture and performance. This program will be used as a leading indicator to monitor the industry’s WHS...
WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) has just released a study undertaken in 2013 into the causes of mining fatalities in Western Australia from 2000 to 2012. In the 13 years covered by...
CSIRO and its industry partners plan to trial the Direct Injection Carbon Engine (DICE) in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, the second largest and lowest cost brown coal resource in the world, with...
The full program of the NSW Mining Health and Safety Conference, to be held 18-20 May at the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, has been released for the first time Keynote speakers include: globally...
