Boggabri Coal and Whitehaven have been slapped with a number of fines by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment for environmental infringements. Boggabri received two penalty notices for...
Tag - health and safety
Health and Safety (H&S), often referred to as Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) involves the assessment and mitigation of risks that may impact the health, safety or welfare of those in your workplace. AMSJ contains a range of news information, research, case studies on the various aspects of health and safety as it relates to mining.
NSW Mine Safety have started a new weekly incident summary, aimed at improving safety in Australian mines. The summary will be published online, and will show the total weekly “reportable...
Safety at work should always come first. That’s the message the CFMEU are pushing for in their latest infographic-style video. According to the video, 3500 coal mine workers have died in...
Tomorrow, the Queensland mining community will stop and spare a moment to remember those heroes in hard hats who have died in the mining industry. The 2015 Miners Memorial Day service will be held...
Union members voted overwhelmingly in support of a change to the Gorgon roster, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has announced. Ninety-three per cent of members voted ‘yes’ on a...
The Australian mining industry launched a new blueprint to address mental health and wellbeing issues in the workforce, announced by the Minerals Council of Australia last week. The blueprint...
A man has died in a workplace accident after allegedly being caught in a large industrial mixer in Perth. The 58-year-old process worker’s arm had become trapped at the Klinger Australia...
Safe Work Australia are offering free health and safety seminars for the month of October. Broadcast daily throughout National Safe Work Month in October, the Virtual Seminar Series showcases...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum have released a Safety Significant Incident Report after a worker was seriously injured by an explosion of condensate drain line on air booster compressor. Read...
A mine worker has died at a Western Australian mine site after a truck rollover yesterday afternoon. A Department of Mines and Petroleum spokesman said there were no other vehicles involved in the...
