1000 days injury free is no mean feat for any industry. Director of SAB Mining, Scott Browne, explains how his team was able to achieve this milestone on two of QCoal’s Bowen Basin mine sites...
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The worker who died at the Boggabri Coal Mine yesterday morning was reportedly operating an open cabin cherry picker at the time of accident and was crushed up against a “metal structure”...
Preliminary investigations into the tragic death at Middlemount’s Grasstree Mine last week indicate that the worker entered a closed off area of the mine that was not properly signed as being...
Ensuring effective rescue efforts in work accidents is important and a new smart phone technology is pioneering the development of a life saving rescue technology. SignOnSite team has been awarded a...
A new online induction tool designed to boost the emotional resilience of Australia’s growing population of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers has been launch today by Mining Family Matters. The...
An open letter from Stewart Bell, Queensland Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health 2013-14 shaping up to be a dangerous year for mining contractors. It doesn’t have to be. Eight people have died...
A 61 year old worker has died at Rio Tinto’s recently mothballed Gove alumina refinery in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The incident happened yesterday as the worker was completing...
A senior Employment and Workplace Health and Safety lawyer warns employers to revisit their performance management practices, which she predicts will be put under increased scrutiny now that the new...
Australian FIFO families have mostly adjusted to the unique set of challenges of the lifestyle, however young boys in the family are adversely affected, according to an analysis by the Australian...
A mine worker has been killed in an accident at the Harlequin gold mine near Norseman on the West Australian Goldfields. According to WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum the 59 year old man...