Have you got your sun protection? With summer almost upon us, the Cancer Council delivers a timely reminder about the dangers of too much UV exposure and explains what to look for when checking for...
Category - MINERS HEALTH
Soter Analytics has developed a wearable safety device with sensor and app to coach industrial workers to avoid injury risk. New technology consisting of a wearable sensor and accompanying app...
A new guide for working with silica has been released by Safework Australia. If you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) who has workers (including yourself) that work with silica...
Researchers from the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at the University of South Australia examined whether meal timing could improve shift worker performance during the evening. Shiftworkers...
KCGM has announced significant changes to its Parental Leave Policy, joining its’ Joint Venture owner Newmont Goldcorp in setting a new industry standard within Australia. Under the new...
Changes to saliva drug testing Australian Standards AS/NZ 4760:2019. After more than two years of revision, public comment and re-revision, the new oral fluid Australian Standard (which now includes...
We recently spoke with Craig Dickson, an organisational consultant and motivational speaker who has been at the coal face supporting some workers through the Middlemount mine fatality. Craig holds...
Queensland workers, including coal workers and stonemasons, will have better workplace health and safety protections thanks to recent changes to the Public Health Act 2005 and a new Regulation...
KEEPING YOUR MATES SAFE IN TIMES OF CHANGE…ARE YOU WILLING TO BE THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE FOR SAFETY SAKE? Some time ago we spoke with Safety Psychologist David Broadbent. David shares with...
Helping workers return to their normal job after an injury is called ‘return to work’, and it’s an important step in their recovery. Workcover Qld has recently highlighted the need to ensure recovery...
In the fallout from the Middlemount tragedy, there are people across the wider mining industry hurting pretty badly. They’re also asking…why? Why did a husband, father, son, uncle die in...
The impact of stress-related illness in the mining sector is greater than many suspect, writes Helen Gibbons. To its credit, the mining industry is becoming increasingly aware that unmanaged mental...
