An innovative App developed by a Queensland construction company to gauge the mental health and wellbeing of its 900 FIFO workers, has been recognised by the industry at the 2016 Queensland Mining...
Tag - HEALTH
The Queensland Government has announced it will make sure that all workers at Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel Refinery who are retrenched will all receive exit medical checks. Premier Annastacia...
The debate about wind farms is clearly not over yet. Last week Australia’s National Heath and Medical Research Council awarded A$3.3 million to fund two new health studies: one to measure the effect...
Chevron’s Wheatstone LNG Project has come under fire on social media, with workers posting images of food served up with a side of insects. On the Facebook page, FIFO Construction Workers 3/1...
A process operator received burns to his body and face while undertaking routine maintenance, according to a significant incident report released by the DMP. The report states the operator opened the...
The return of the deadly Black Lung disease has seen Central Queensland mine workers walk off site as concerns for their health arise. Four Queensland miners, including two employed at Vale’s...
Three cases of Black Lung have been detected in three months at coal mines in Queensland, in what could be the tip of the iceberg for a disease that had been wiped out in Australia half a century ago...
Minister for Mines and Natural Resources Dr Anthony Lynham has decided to conduct a review into the system of health screening of mine workers in Queensland to establish if improvements need to be...
SAFETY DIFFERENTLY Professor, author and pilot Sidney Dekker talks safety from 30,000ft, “overparenting” in the mining industry, and how one Australian mine has scrapped all safety procedures in a...
Murphy Pipe and Civil’s mental health app has been recognised by the Australian Pipeline and Gas Association, taking home first prize for the APGA’s annual Safety Award last week. Last...
