Minister for Mines and Natural Resources Dr Anthony Lynham has decided to conduct a review into the system of health screening of mine workers in Queensland to establish if improvements need to be...
Category - MANAGING MINING RISKS
With Christmas exactly one month away, SafeWork Victoria has warned to keep safe over the busy holiday season. “While the build-up to Christmas is a busy period for every workplace, it should...
Construction workers are six times more likely to die from suicide than from an accident at work, according to reports released by MATES in Construction. According to the Doran reports released by...
A worker was injured after using high-pressure water jetting equipment, according to a significant incident report by the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The worker was in a confined space...
The importance of seat belts in mining vehicles has been highlighted in a report released by the DMP after a fatal dump truck rollover. The dump truck operator was killed on a Western Australian site...
As it gets closer to summer and temperatures heat up this week, SafeWork NSW has issued a reminder of the importance of working safely this summer. Executive Director of SafeWork NSW Peter Dunphy...
A safety alert by the NSW Department of Industry’s Resources and Energy division has been released after a fire destroyed a Caterpillar 777F water truck at an open-cut coal mine on October 15...
An investigation report into the deaths of two men at Austar Coal Mine in 2014 has been released by the NSW Government. The men, James Mitchell, 49, and Phillip Grant, 35, died on April 15, 2014...
SAFETY DIFFERENTLY Professor, author and pilot Sidney Dekker talks safety from 30,000ft, “overparenting” in the mining industry, and how one Australian mine has scrapped all safety procedures in a...
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...
Weather expert Matt Saunderson talks about forecasting mining safety with advanced weather solutions. The vast continent of Australia experiences the full range of weather phenomena that Mother...
Chair of Safe Work Australia and National Safe Work Month Ambassador Ann Sherry is urging businesses to make health and safety a priority and conduct a risk assessment during the third week of 2015...
