The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines recently released an urgent Safety Newsflash concerning a failure of electrical short circuit protection on diesel-powered plant used in...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
50 mine workers are believed to have died following a mudslide at a jade mine in the northern part of Myanmar. An MP from the region has told media sources that more than “50 people are...
In an unprecedented decision, the Chinese Government has moved to ban labour hire in the Chinese mining industry citing issues with safety as a primary concern for the ban. The National Coal Mine...
A light vehicle incident at a NSW mine has highlighted risks from equipment protruding from vehicles. A light vehicle hit a drill steel protruding from a jumbo drilling rig that was parked in the...
A retired Queensland miner has told a black lung forum that he was disappointed that a mining company-appointed doctors — who told him he had bronchitis — did not know how to read chest X-rays...
Images have been released today showing the severity of the haul truck incident at the Mount Arthur as reported by AMSJ last week. According to the regulator the haul truck rolled onto its side at an...
A US researcher has found that working a shift longer than 9 hours was associated with a 32% increased risk of an injury resulting in death and a 73% increased risk that an incident would cause...
The NSW Resources Regulator has issued an alert on a dozer fire at a NSW open cut mine where fan operator escaped with minor injuries. According to the report, the operator decided to relocate the...
Peabody Energy has confirmed management changes at the North Goonyella mine in the wake of the mine fire which closed the mine in September last year. In an exclusive statement issued to AMSJ...
Findings from the recent government enquiry into Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis in Queensland led to recommendations for reduction in current Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) for respirable dust. The...
There are new technical requirements for RPA, commonly known as drones. The new rules are contained in Part 101 (Unmanned Aircraft and Rockets) Manual of Standards (MOS) 2019. Primarily they effect...
Fatigue can be identified as ‘level above’ being tired. It is a level of exhaustion, both mental and physical, that hampers a persons ability to function. This becomes a major health and safety...
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