Two men are lucky to be alive after a 2kg eyebolt dislodged from a passing truck, smashed through their vehicle’s windscreen, and struck the driver in the head. According to the CQ News the men were...
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The NSW Parliament has passed the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Act 2013 .The Act was assented on 1 July 2013 but will not commence until the making of the supporting Work Health and Safety (Mines)...
10 July 2013: Unions are concerned safety could suffer due to BHPs recent decision to replace the Queensland Ambulance Service with a private paramedic firm. According to the Sunshine Coast Daily...
9 July 2013 Mine workers in remote Australia will now have the peace of mind that their handheld satellite phones have access to the Triple Zero emergency call service. This outcome follows the...
Organisers of the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA) Safety Awards are making final calls for nominations before the 14th July closing deadline. Recognising achievement in Best Practice...
A former Central Queensland mine employee is attempting to sue Anglo Coal for more than $1 million over a dump truck incident at Dawson Mine that left him with severe back injuries. The Morning...
Responding to industry stakeholder concerns about the significant costs and practical difficulties associated with fitting protective structures to certain kinds of earthmoving machinery, the...
New legislation that changes the definition of a worker for workers’ compensation purposes has been passed in the Queensland Parliament. The legislation, which comes into effect on 1 July 2013...
Queensland workers and employers have just a couple of weeks to enter their work health and safety systems and innovations into the 2013 Safe Work Awards. With three new categories, this year’s...
Gasfield operator, Saxon Energy, has strenuously denied claims that poor safety standards led to the death of an employee at their Fairfield gasfield in southern Queensland on Sunday. An anonymous...
Safe Work Australia has released the report The relationship between work characteristics, wellbeing, depression and workplace bullying and its associated summary report. The research report was...
Western Australia’s resources safety watchdog has embarked on a major crack down targeting injuries and ‘near misses’ in the Midwest mining sector, following two serious incidents during the past...
