A kilo of prevention is better than a ton of cure when it comes to plant and equipment fluid spills, writes Turlough Guerin. Reducing the HSE and productivity risks from plant and equipment fluid...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
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...
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...
A Significant Incident Report has been issued after a worker at a WA mine lost his balance on a mobile screening plant and fell over six metres to the ground. The incident happened after a supervisor...
The Transport Workers Union is calling for the introduction of new laws making it mandatory for employers to provide emergency positioning beacons to transport workers operating in remote areas. The...
The worker who died near Woodie Woodie mine in WA on Tuesday was killed while attempting to remove a belly plate from a dozer, according to the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). DMP...
Talk about embarrassing – a crane has toppled over in front of a safety inspector at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine construction site in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The incident...
Two prohibition safety notices have been issued to Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine project in Western Australia. The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) issued the notices after concerns were...
WA police believe that Buru Energy’s Yulleroo 2 gas well has been deliberately sabotaged, sparking the gas leak investigation as reported on Monday. DMP Executive Director Petroleum Jeff Haworth said...
NSW Mine Safety will host a series of safety workshops in February and March to educate the industry on proposed new design and performance standards for diesel engine systems used in underground...
