As many stakeholders in the Australian mining industry are already aware, there have been recent legislative changes aimed at tightening occupational exposure limits (OELs) or workplace exposure...
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Mining 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. Mining 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.
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The result of an extensive research and development project headed up by a specialist team boasting decades of safety eyewear experience, Riley takes a completely fresh look at eye protection with...
Protecting workers from hazardous dust is firmly on the agenda for mining and civil services firm Global Road Technology (GRT), as occupational respiratory disease continues to impact people and...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a roof fall incident at an underground coal mine. According to the report, a roof fall, approximately six metres long, measuring the full width of the drive...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published an investigation report into a collision between an excavator and a dozer at Maules Creek Mine on 26 May 2021. Figure 2 According to the report, a dozer was...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released an excavator and dozer collision incident that occurred at an open cut coal mine. An excavator collided with a dozer causing significant damage to the cabin...
Motorists have been able to snatch a first glimpse on the roads of a pioneering automatic coneplacing and retrieving truck that reduces the need for roadworkers to manually perform the dangerous job...
A dump slump truck incident has occurred at an open cut coal mine in NSW. According to the NSW mining safety regulator, both sets of rear wheels on a dump truck dropped approximately one metre when...
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate in conjunction with mine operators tested the operation of several large excavator emergency access and egress systems. Testing was carried out on a number of...
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) today launched two new resources to support continual improvement in the safe and transparent management of tailings facilities: Conformance...
