A major resources company blamed an underground cavity for taking the life of a worker. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) confirmed one of its employees fell to his death after the ground collapsed at the...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
An Asia-headquartered conglomerate postponed work at one operation after an employee passed away. CITIC Pacific Mining confirmed the worker died at the Sino Iron Mine, about 90km southwest of...
As many stakeholders in the Australian mining industry are already aware, there have been recent legislative changes aimed at tightening occupational exposure limits (OELs) or workplace exposure...
Protecting workers from hazardous dust is firmly on the agenda for mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT), as occupational respiratory disease continues to impact people and...
The mining sector is one of Australia’s harshest working environments with both visible and invisible hazards, and comprises remote, dusty, unpredictable sites where equipment and installations can...
Australian headquartered mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT), endorses and is planning to support the adoption of recommendations put forward by the National Dust Diseases...
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...
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...
