Source NSW RR – Applicants for a blasting explosives user licence (mining class) reference for open cut coal mines can attend the written examination on Wednesday 5 September. Further...
Tag - mine safety Australia
Mine Safety Australia is emerging as an important part of mining in Australia. Australian companies are looking at innovative practices and equipment to improve their safety performance in Australia. The introduction of robotic autonomous haul trucks has contributed to a reduction in fatal incidents in Australian mines where they are operating. Australian mine safety innovation leads the world in gas monitoring, automation, real-time hazard monitoring and other technological developments.
The latest NSW Resources Regulator’s Compliance Priorities report follows on from the January to June 2018 report by outlining revised key priorities identified as areas of concern. These updated...
Union Media Release The ETU has called for immediate Government intervention into the State’s solar farms after finding Philippino workers were being paid just $30 per day on 400 class visas to do...
LED Signage and paging communications systems might seem like an odd combination of products for one company to supply but when you think about it both are about communicating safety messages...
IT IS the common mining and construction hazard that causes upwards of 40,000 deaths globally each year and is so hazardous it recently ranked number two in SafeWork NSW’s 100 ‘priority...
Health and Safety Certification programs have been running for 30 years in the UK, USA and Canada. Safety Institute of Australia CEO David Clarke describes how the Institute is now certifying...
Safer outdoor switchboards are potential life-savers An innovative Queensland engineering firm has become the first in Australia to gain NATA certification for a safer outdoor switchboard design they...
Many small to medium sized businesses do not have full-time IT or WHS/risk staff so, when they look to implement software to help them manage risk and WHS, they need something that integrates easily...
The Internet of Things and the Future of Mining Safety Innovations in technology are dramatically changing the face of safety. The expanding connectivity between people and devices has been a...
According to Cancer Council Australia it is estimated that 230 people develop lung cancer each year as a result of past exposure to silica dust at work.
