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tech startups

Tech startups set to improve safety & productivity

A tech startups program with transformative technologies is set to benefit mining, resources and energy safety. The Unearthed Accelerator is a mentor-driven program supported by Origin...

labour hire

Perth labour hire company used fake safety officer

A Perth based labour hire company has been fined $20,000 (and ordered to pay $517.50 in costs) for failing to ensure the safety of workers it supplied to a waste recycling company. The company used...

rock falls

100 tonne of rock falls into open stope brow

Mining Safety Alert: Rock Falls The Victorian Mining Safety regulator has advised that a serious incident occurred where approximately 100 tonnes of rock falls into an open stope brow. The ground...

Labour hire

Labour hire companies targeted in class action

Adero Law have advised that they are targeting a range of labour hire companies in a major class action across Coal Mines in New South Wales & Queensland. The legal firm are allegedly...

refuge chamber

What happens to your body in a refuge chamber?

When people enter a safe refuge or a refuge chamber in an underground mine, the environment of the refuge changes significantly. A range of air quality issues such CO2, Oxygen and Heat need to be...

Prostate Cancer Awareness – How Can You Help?

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is asking Australia to get involved and help create awareness and raise the much-needed funds to help in the...

Causes & Symptoms of Prostate Cancer

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia is asking Australia to get involved and help create awareness and raise the much-needed funds to assist in...

safest coal terminal

Brisbane boasts the safest coal terminal in Australia

Port of Brisbane now boasts the safest coal terminal in Australia with Queensland Bulk Handling (QBH) reporting injury free for more than 300,000 man hours. The terminal currently has the lowest Loss...

mining community

Mining community gathers to honour workers lost 

Hundreds of people in the mining community are expected to gather in Charters Towers in North Queensland tomorrow to honour the memories of the almost 1500 workers who have died in the state’s mines...