Limiting the number of human operators reduces workplace incidents, an autonomous leader found. Komatsu Australia wants every mine site to upgrade machinery to driverless and remote technology...
Category - Injury Prevention
Rio Tinto subsidiaries could have done more to shield employees from potential workplace accidents, a court ruled. Pilbara Iron Company and Hamersley Iron should have installed a conveyor guard at...
Authorities have dismissed a resources giant’s plan to implement effective work, health and safety initiatives. Endeavour Coal will have to go back to the drawing board after the New South...
A careless workplace culture is to blame for a dead Central Queensland employee, an independent regulator said. Fairfield Quarry’s “complacency” and “inadequate...
An underground mine employee from northwest Queensland was treated for injury after machinery became caught on his jewellery. A jumbo operator needed several stitches to his hand after exiting a...
While Australian mining companies have demonstrated a consistent focus over the last two decades on getting miners safe to work, some are questioning what needs to be done to improve safety while...
MineARC’s innovative StormSAFE Cyclone Shelter eliminates the necessity to send staff off-site during an extreme weather emergency. It is predicted that the 2016/17 cyclone season will see a...
Quad bike safety rebates available in New South Wales have doubled, writes SafetyCulture’s Haydee Tandinco. The Quad Bike Safety Improvement Program, which was introduced July 2016, gave rural...
A mine operator has suffered major brain injuries after working long hours and driving for extended periods in Central Queensland. Dump truck operator Harold Kerle accused proponent BHP Billiton...
Professor David Cliff writes about OHS in the minerals industry in the 21st century. Great progress has been made in reducing accidents and incidents in the mining industry. Large highly mechanised...
Falsified High Risk Work licences have been discovered in South Australia by that state’s peak safe work body. According to WorkSafe SA, a number of High Risk Work Licences have been copied...
Now is the time to review health and safety issues in the workplace, before the year gets into full swing, according to the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA). APA National President and...
