Studies have shown fatigue reduces reaction times, attention spans and causes more accidents than alcohol. With that sobering thought in mind a new program is looking at how NSW mines are managing...
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From 1 January next year (2015) mine operators in South Australia will be required to submit incident reports and quarterly work health and safety reports to the new online National Mine Safety...
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate (QMI) has praised the prompt action of co-workers who went to the rescue of an electrician who became trapped between a coal rib and a maingate drive in a Queensland...
Safety inspectors were laughed at by Roy Hill mine project workers after raising safety concerns during an audit, according to documents from the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). The audit...
The vast majority of Queensland miners are not currently being tested for synthetic drugs, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. The report, which shows...
Turkey is in the news again for all the wrong reasons – eighteen miners are trapped 300 metres below the surface at the Has Sekerler coal mine, near Ermenek, after a burst pipe flooded the mine...
A devastating crash between a car and a bus carrying mine workers in Western Australia’s Goldfields has resulted in the death of a mother, her two small children and her baby boy. According to...
FIFO workers from mining and gas projects in south-west Queensland have been targeted for drug searches by police with sniffer dogs at Miles Airport. According to Surat Basin.com, nine flights were...
Hundreds more mine workers in Central Queensland will lose their jobs with the news overnight that Isaac Plains coal mine, near Moranbah, will be shut down by the end of the year. The news is yet...
National Bravery Awards will be given to four miners who used low intensity explosives to reach their trapped co-workers during the 2006 Beaconsfield mine rescue in Tasmania. The work of Scott...
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