Workers at Chevron’s Gorgon project on Barrow Island were forced to stop work and evacuate due to a gas leak last week. Just before midnight on Friday, workers were told to leave the site after...
Tag - Mine Safety
Mine safety is a broad term referring to the practice of controlling and managing a wide range of hazards associated with the life cycle of mining-related activities. Mine safety practice involves the implementation of recognised hazard controls and/or reduction of risks associated with mining activities to legally, socially and morally acceptable levels.
Australasian Mine Safety Journal provides the latest information, news, research, case studies on the various aspects of mine safety including:
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Three cases of black lung have been confirmed in as many days taking the total number of confirmed cases to 10. A 55-year-old underground coal mine worker was confirmed to have the deadly lung...
The Indonesian Government has come under fire by the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) for its “inaction” in dealing with more than 20 deaths at unused coal mine pits in five years...
Workers may have been exposed to hazardous chemicals such as lead and mercury while extracting gold at the Manuka Silver Mine, south of Cobar, NSW. The NSW Mine Safety Investigation Unit reported...
Four workers work injured in a light vehicle rollover at Rio Tinto’s Greater Paraburdoo mine on Saturday morning. The incident comes just a week after the death of 32-year-old Lee Buzzard, who...
The seven workers taken hostage from a Nigerian work site last week have been released. Three Australians and two New Zealanders were among the seven mine workers who were kidnapped from Macmahon...
A 32-year-old worker has been killed at a Rio Tinto mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The Department of Mines and Petroleum confirmed the maintenance worker died at the Channar iron...
The Queensland Government has introduced legislation to provide lifetime care and support to workers who are catastrophically injured in the workplace. Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said...
A worker received serious leg injuries after undergoing maintenance on a blast-hole drill rig. The maintenance fitter had removed the mast from the drill rig, and had disconnected the hydraulics from...
A tyre fitter’s fingers have been partially amputated while operating a hydraulic bead breaker. According to an incident report by the Department of Mines and Petroleum, the worker was...
