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...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
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...
Leading dust suppression specialists Global Road Technology (GRT) is launching their latest dust control initiative as they seek to mitigate air pollution caused by mining activity in Australia. GRT:...
Throughout July 2020, the NSW Resources Regulator, in collaboration with NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council member organisations, conducted a media campaign to increase awareness of dust-related risks...
On Monday, March 8, Sergeant Nigel Dalton from the Mackay Crime Prevention Unit came out to Moranbah to give a presentation on driver fatigue to a group of apprentices at Goonyella Riverside Mine...
Safe Work Australia announced more than 1,200 chemicals have been added or updated on the Hazardous Chemical Information System (HCIS). HCIS is a free database of chemical classifications and...
Australian headquartered mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT), is focusing on the Central Queensland region as it continues to grow its national and international presence...
