The Mount Lyell mine disaster of 1912 was a great personal tragedy, however, the aftermath also proved a great travesty of justice, writes T.R. Mackay. The...
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David J Broadbent examines some of the “stuff” behind hazard and near miss reporting. When I was approached to write a piece on the nature of safety reporting...
Coal Services will soon welcome a new General Manager and a new Coal Mines Technical Services (CMTS) Manager with both Paul Healey and Peter Mason announcing...
As open pit and underground mines become deeper, and development and operations of mines becomes more hazardous, the entry of automation introduces unexplored...
1 UNITED STATES A recent analysis of surveillance data collected by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration on 157,410 employees and contractors who...
1 SOUTH AMERICA While it would seem odd to expect high blood lead levels in a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon, that is the case. The metal is valuable...
1 CHINA An explosion at a coal mine in China’s south-west killed 28 miners in May. Local media reported that 81 miners were rescued and 18 were taken to...
The following case study is an extract of an investigation report prepared by the NSW Mine Safety Investigation Unit: “Investigation into a serious drill rig...
MANGOOLA Coal Operations will pay more than $464,000 as an alternative to potential prosecution over a 2016 mining incident where broken bolts resulted in a...
The first confirmed case of black lung disease in a Queensland open cut mine has been revealed. The diagnosis has sparked widespread concern in the mining...
