Ampcontrol will feature a new range of products at the Mine Electrical Safety Association Conference today and tomorrow. Conference delegates can view Ampcontrol’s newest product offerings including Rockstarter, a multi-function outlet...
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In a dangerous event at a WA site in June 2018, a scaffolder fell four metres after he became imbalanced when his fall arrest equipment (inertia reel lanyard) locked. The incident was further...
A new compressed air management solution has been designed to deliver efficiencies in energy through the exploitation of big data to define peak demands. Industrie 4.0, or the Internet of Things: the...
Geologists from the CSIRO are examining the use of fungi as a means for discovering gold deposits in groundbreaking low-impact exploration. While existing methods of discoveries have included...
A coal miner with 12 years underground experience has died following injuries sustained in a rib fall at a US mine. According to local media, Felix North was critically injured in an incident on May...
A safety regulator has issued a warning regarding the use of load skates or load dollys after a worker was seriously injured while using them to shift a switchboard panel that was top-heavy. What are...
A Harmony Gold mining employee has been killed in an accident at the company’s South African Phakisa operation the company has confirmed this evening. In a statement, Harmony Gold Mining said...
A dozer operator’s quick thinking averted a potential disaster this week at a New South Wales mine after the dozer drove over the edge of a face. According to the NSW Resources Regulator, a...
The Queensland Government has signed off this morning on Adani’s Black Throated Finch management plan amidst community outrage over Adani delays. In a statement released this morning, the...
Some time ago we interviewed Professor Sidney Dekker (one of Australia’s Safety Thought Leaders) on his thoughts about whether mining companies put productivity before safety. This is what he...
A new mines rescue vehicle that has been developed specifically for use in Canadian mines could revolutionise the way teams approach a rescue. Dräger and mining vehicle manufacturer Paus have teamed...
A Queensland quarry manager has been sentenced to jail for 18 months over the death of a worker at a central Queensland quarry in 2012. Managing Director William McDonald of MCG Quarries was...
Four workers were killed and four others were injured in an oxygen cylinder explosion in a coal mine near Myanmar’s Kyet Pa Nat village tract in Sagaing Region’s Kale Township on Monday...
