A Queensland mine worker could be slapped with a $50,000 fine or face six months in jail after allegedly being caught smoking a cigarette in an underground coal mine in the Bowen Basin. The incident...
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The NSW Government’s mine safety arm is urging all underground mine operators to urgently review their strata management plans after a roof fall occurred at an underground coal mine in the state. No...
NSW Mine Safety is hosting two free one-day workshops that will provide information and guidance for diesel emission control strategies as well as a forum to ask questions of a panel of experts. The...
The finalists in the 8th annual Safe Work Australia Awards have been announced, with three companies from Australia’s mining sector in the mix. Sibelco Australia from Tasmania will be vying for the...
SafeWork SA is calling on mining companies and industry associations to apply for the 2013 SafeWork SA Innovative Practice Grants. South Australian Acting Industrial Relations Minister Chloë Fox...
Social media obsession has been blamed for a number of serious safety incidents, and narrowly-avoided safety incidents, that have occurred in Queensland mines over recent months. The Queensland State...
Safety in an underground construction environment requires more than simply a sound safety culture – it requires substantive subsurface construction risk expertise coupled to a willingness and...
Safe Work Australia has just released statistics on workplace related deaths and injuries during the year 2012 which show a 14% rise in the number of fatalities from 2011 figures. As at 31 December...
A culture of cover-ups, or an industry of continual improvements? Shane Ashish reports on the controversy surrounding the state of mine rescue in Western Australia. Collaboration of Mines Rescue and...
Under OHS legislation, you have a duty of care to provide a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. This means that you are responsible for any safety hazards that exist on your...
