The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a fall from height incident. A rigger had completed lift activities and was dismounting a scaffold. While climbing onto the ladder, the rigger ducked under a...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
Fatigue Science, the global leader in providing fatigue and performance predictive analytics and fatigue management information systems to heavy industry, military, and elite sports teams, is pleased...
Many accidents or ‘near misses’ can be prevented if all companies were to implement and use proper lockout / tagout procedures. We must encourage the development of a ‘lockout culture’ or ‘lockout...
The global mining and tunneling supply company has signed an Aura IQ Premium Partner Agreement for South Africa, North America and Australia to distribute FFT Aura IQ™Conveyor Health Monitoring...
Hexagon’s Mining division announced that it is partnering with Fatigue Science, a leader in fatigue and performance predictive analytics and fatigue management information systems. Combined with its...
Recent national legislation means that the issue of mine site dust control and air quality around mining communities are firmly back on the national agenda and dust suppression specialists Global...
Falls from heights cause serious injuries. Data from SafeWork SA in 2020 identified that falls from trucks resulted in 18 serious injuries. Falls from height remain a high risk in Australian...
How early detection, Fibre Optics Technology and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) are benefiting the mining industry. Conventional Fire Detection and early warning ...
On 30 April 2021, New Zealand will adopt a new classification system for hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO). This new system is the Globally...
A three-month suspension has followed an immediate suspension of a high-risk work licence class C1 (slewing mobile crane with capacity up to 100 tonnes) following a crane tip over on a construction...
Fatigue Science, the global leader in providing human fatigue and performance predictive analytics and fatigue management information systems to heavy industry, military, and elite sports teams, is...
How system integration, autonomous technologies, focus on compliance and fibre optics technology are taking the industry to the next level. As mine equipment, both fixed and mobile plant, become more...
Recent Posts
