Resources Safety & Health Queensland has published a safety alert regarding a tyre explosion incident resulting from a lightning strike at a Queensland coal mine. The Queensland Mines...
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Resources Safety & Health Queensland has reported an incident where a dozer had rolled over on a ridge of a sand dune on the 15th September 2020. According to the report, the dozer operator was...
“Tip-offs” of unannounced mine safety inspections, questions over the adequacy of emergency services in mining communities and evidence of Minister Lynham’s inaction have led Queensland’s...
A Queensland MP says that the Queensland Government should make do on its’ pre-election commitment to relocate the mine safety and health regulator to Mackay. Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan today...
High potential mining incidents are still plaguing Queensland mines despite a range of safety initiatives introduced by the Queensland Government and its’ mining safety regulator –...
The Queensland Parliament has approved the creation of a new mine safety authority today. The move comes following a spate of deaths and a hundred of high potential incidents in the Queensland mining...
A former Anglo Coal, Mine Supervising Officer has been asked a range of probing questions in the inquest into the death of Paul McGuire in Mackay today. The coroner heard CFMEU Counsel Gavin Rebetzke...
A report commissioned by the Queensland Government has confirmed that mineworkers will continue to die in Queensland at a rate of twelve every five years unless a major overhaul on safety is...
As the Queensland Parliament sits today, it expected that new legislation will pass through parliament to establish a new model for mine safety regulation in the state. The Queensland Labour...
Charges have been laid against BMA over the death of mine worker and dozer operator Allan Houston at the BMA Saraji mine on New Year’s Eve 2018. The Queensland Department of Natural Resources...
