An underground mine employee passed away after machinery slipped and became covered in a chemical mixture. An excavator recently slid over an elevated loading pad and was engulfed in lime dust. The...
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Employers will be publicly grilled about their commitment to workplace health and safety. The Queensland Government recently launched a parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety, after two...
Two employee fatalities in seven months were not enough to dent a mining services company’s health and safety culture, investigators said. Metarock Group recently reviewed organisational safety...
A metal bar flew across a work area and pierced through heavy equipment. Authorities recently investigated how a hydraulic porta pack propelled a rod with so much force it easily penetrated a machine...
In our industry, dust has always been an issue. Its presence has always been a huge problem, whether it comes from roads, transfer points, mining processes, or cement processes, and dealing with it...
Gaseous Diesel Emissions have long been a major reason for concern due to the health risks that they induce. In underground mines with diesel equipment, these gaseous emissions are a significant...
A multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...
Are you confident your operator workforce would respond correctly in an emergency event? Most managers over-estimate the effectiveness of classroom and on-iron training. Immersive...
A construction company won the primary tender for one of Australia’s first air quality developments in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. A subsidiary of CIMIC Group recently secured the...
Mechatronics engineering has been recognised by Queensland’s engineering authority as an approved area of engineering. Engineers practising in the interdisciplinary branch – connecting mechanical...
A multinational resources company will reevaluate its employment model due to a dangerous underground explosion in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Anglo American confirmed it will reassess...
Employees are annoyed and upset about the State Government’s failure to penalise a mining giant for a dangerous underground explosion in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Several coal...