Organisations are often left wondering how they can be certain that the decisions and investments made have caused, or at least contributed to, a particular organisational outcome or output. This is...
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Working with the industry and equipment manufacturers to develop sensor technology, CSIRO have released the following case study of impact, aimed at keeping miners safer and improving productivity...
Jeffrey Ling explains how electronic inspection and safety compliance management is transforming the mining industry. Safety management in any industry can quickly lead to stacks of paperwork...
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 it came at a time when I was reflecting...
A team of researchers in Sweden claim to have developed a reliable test that can detect drugs in a person’s system through a sample of their exhaled breath. A majority of mines in Australia currently...
Safe Work Australia is asking all workers to spare a thought for those who have died due to a workplace incident on Tuesday 28 April for World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’...
More drug raids have been conducted by police at mine sites in Western Australia as part of Operation Redwater. The latest raids were conducted Wednesday and yesterday at BHP and Rio Tinto -owned...
Two prohibition safety notices have been issued to Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine project in Western Australia. The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) issued the notices after concerns were...
Between 2010-2013 statistics showed that safety within the mining industry was improving, with the recorded number of fatalities remaining low when compared to the years prior. However, a spike of...
Bulga Mine has taken out the 2014 NSW Mines Rescue Open Cut competition held at the Hunter Valley Mines Rescue Station last Friday. Seven teams from the Hunter region competed on the day. NSW Fire...
