Not all whiplash injuries are created equal, according to a new study conducted in the U.S. based on research conducted in Australia. Researchers from Northwestern University wanted to know why some...
Category - MANAGING MINING RISKS
Resources Safety in Western Australia is inviting industry personnel to provide feedback on draft guidelines designed to assist those involved in managing, maintaining, and/or operating earth-moving...
A free webinar on return to work coordination will be conducted by the Queensland Workers Compensation Regulator in April. Anita Johnston, VAC Group Human Resources Manager and 2014 Return to Work...
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...
Queensland and the Northern Territory have recorded their hottest March days on record in area-averaged terms according to the Bureau of Meteorology. According to a Special Climate Statement issued...
Leaders in environmental excellence in mining have just three weeks to get their entries in for Western Australia’s annual Golden Gecko Awards. Organisers of the event, the Department of Mines...
QCLNG workers on Curtis Island, near Gladstone, where forced to spend yesterday morning holed up in their crib rooms after a monitor detected a vapour leak from one of the project’s massive LNG...
“Safety Leadership in Lean Times” will be the theme of the 2015 Safety Conference being held in Mackay next week by the Resource Industry Network and Workplace Health & Safety...
A range of factors including poor road design, poor signage, bad lighting and an ‘over-reliance on administrative controls’ all contributed in the death of worker at Ravensworth mine in...
A worker has reportedly sustained serious leg injuries on Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia from an accident involving a crane. According to the ABC, the worker’s legs were...
Workers at Linc Energy’s underground coal gasification plant near Chinchilla in Queensland were allegedly exposed to dangerous gases over several years, according to the ABC. The public broadcaster...
Gorgon gas project workers in Western Australia reportedly spent an uncomfortable night sleeping on blow-up mattresses at Barrow Island as they waited for Tropical Cyclone Olwyn to make its approach...
