Colleagues and loved ones are reeling after multiple remote employees suddenly died in a freak accident. Rio Tinto is assisting authorities in determining exactly how a fly-in fly-out plane crashed...
Category - MINERS HEALTH
A regulator will stop pursuing a mining company after management addressed substandard employment conditions. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) will avoid paying up to $1.87 million in fines for 34...
Workplace unrest continued for several days with dire consequences at a subterranean operation. Authorities are examining why hundreds of employees stayed underground for more than 96 hours. The Gold...
An environmental activist could endanger his life if an anti-fossil fuel demonstration continues. Gregory Andrews refuses to eat for six weeks because the Federal Government approved four coal...
Deadly weapons forced a multinational mineral producer to declare an emergency shutdown. A group carrying axes recently caused a lockdown at South32’s Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO)...
Remote employees could be stuck due to industrial action. Hundreds of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers are expected to be stranded due to an ongoing pay dispute. The Australian Federation of Air Pilots...
A former remote employee has been charged with fatally striking a female. Shaun Robert Sturgess was formally accused of instantly killing a woman with a 1.8 kilo sledgehammer in southeast Queensland...
More fatalities could be avoided if every worker spoke up when they saw a problem, a safety leader revealed. Authorities urged every employee to report substandard conditions because it could save...
A resources multinational was probed for the welfare of remote attendees at a major operation. Authorities recently investigated safety concerns at a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) celebration near Fortescue...
Thousands of employees are likely to be coached again in how to behave at mine sites. BHP recently confirmed its entire workforce would complete so-called “consent training” for the third...
A mineral multinational staged a major musical event to commemorate two decades of operation. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) recently held a rock concert at its Solomon mine, 349km southwest of Port...
A resources multinational honoured a remote employee who reported a substandard work environment. BHP recently commended a female team member who complained about unsafe conditions at a Newman mine...
