A miner has collapsed and died at Anglo American’s Grasstree Mine near Middlemount. An Anglo American spokesperson has confirmed that the incident happened yesterday and that operations have...
Tag - Central Queensland
Operators of North Goonyella coal mine in Central Queensland have been fined$10,000 for using a dangerous chemical underground. According to The Mackay Mercury, the mine’s owners, Peabody...
Qld’s CFMEU is under siege after a former senior union official publicly came forward yesterday with serious allegations concerning widespread corruption, vote-rigging, cover-ups and bullying in...
Australasian Mine Safety Journal would like to apologise for a photograph used incorrectly in a story posted on this site on 19 December 2013. The story concerned a Central Queensland company...
A Central Queensland earthmoving company was yesterday fined $45,000 over frequent spills of waste oil and diesel at Yarwun Quarries near Gladstone. Streeters Earthmoving Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to...
A rogue caterpillar on a piece of broccoli has brought construction on a Gladstone gas plant to a screaming halt, after workers voted to strike over food safety. Construction workers at the Central...
The Mining and Construction Labour sector is one of the worst performers on Work Safe Queensland’s recently released ‘safety heat map’ that shows the relative harm by occupation and...
In a Queensland coal industry first, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) is being used for drift excavation at a Central Queensland coal mine. Contractor, Redpath, will operate the eight metre diameter TBM...
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...
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...
