Significant lead contamination has been found in a Western Australian town located near an abandoned mine processing plant. Personnel from WA’s Department of Lands have found that just under 20...
Category - MINERS HEALTH
A team of researchers in Sweden claim to have developed a reliable test that can detect drugs in a person’s system simply through their exhaled breath. Most mines in Australia currently use...
Last year Australian laboratories confirmed more than 67,000 cases of influenza in the country – that’s more than the 2009 Flu Pandemic. Australians might be in for another bad season...
Suicide in ‘fly in fly out’ (FIFO) mining has been frequently discussed recently in the media. one article purported that nine suicides were linked to Western Australian (WA) FIFO mining within a 12...
Over the past few years there has been rapid growth in the number and range of new and emerging drugs, posing serious implications for worksites where safety is a priority, writes Dr Ken Pidd. The...
A mine worker from north Queensland has died in hospital nearly two weeks after being involved in an underground mine incident at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mine. According to the North West...
A 30 minute nap can counteract the negative health effects of only getting two hours sleep the night before according to a new study. Along with decreased reaction time that can lead to accidents in...
A new survey by the Cancer Council WA has revealed that less than a quarter of participants could name more than two cancers caused by smoking. The survey also found that people who smoked were the...
Advances in sleep research have produced a considerable amount of data regarding the role of sleep in all areas of life, including the workforce, writes researcher Masaya Takahashi. Working...
Temperatures are set to soar into the 40s across South Australia tomorrow prompting SafeWork SA to issue a reminder and a warning to employers that heat stress should be treated as a serious...
New research from the Cancer Council has found that Australian men are increasingly ignoring sun safety warnings, with 18 per cent getting sunburnt on the weekends. The findings from the National Sun...
Higher levels of fitness may ward off the more serious health implications of a sedantary job, such as driving trucks or operating plant, according to a new study by US researchers. Previous research...
