Organisations should be doing more to ensure their employees can be safe both at home as well as in the workplace, according to a leading health and safety expert. Karen McDonnell, Head of RoSPA...
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BHPs announcement to slash 700 jobs (as part of its transformational agenda) across its global workforce of around 62000 has sent a shiver through white-collar staff in its global offices. There’s a...
In a somewhat bizarre but frightening incident, a Load Haul Dumper (LHD) operator has shut down an underground coal mine when a raised bucket clipped high voltage cables in a roadway. The NSW...
The Western Australian mining industry has recorded 171 reportable mining safety incidents over a period of 25 days in March highlighting the need for vigilance across the industry in safe mining...
ENVIROMIST is one of the leading suppliers of turn-key dust suppression solutions. Critical to their success is a thorough engineering analysis approach combined with market-leading nozzle technology...
Vale’s tailings dam woes have continued with fourteen dam/dyke structures failing to meet stability requirements and certification. This follows massive evacuations of towns and villages in dam...
BHP has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Veronica, which made landfall during the weekend of 23-24 March, has resulted in a range of operational issues but has reinforced its’ commitment to...
Peabody has released their initial learnings from the North Goonyella mine fire that began in September 2018. Peabody says that the learnings are based on the company’s comprehensive review of...
The safety revelations surrounding the recent Boeing 737 Max crashes should make us stop and take a good hard look at whether available safety critical technology should be an option on many pieces...
The NSW Resources Regulator has advised of a dangerous incident during relining of a mill at a mine site. During a planned shutdown for the relining of a mill, a maintenance worker was slowly working...
BHPs Port Hedland operations have been shut down as the ‘severe’ rated tropical cyclone Veronica bears down on the West Australian coast. The BOM advised moments ago that Tropical cyclone...
An excavator has rolled over onto its side in an NSW open cut. According to the regulator’s report, the excavator rollover occurred in a dozer push area after a track went over a 0.5 metre to 1...
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