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#JOB – HSE COORDINATOR (WA/SA)

SGS AUSTRALIA IS LOOKING FOR A HSE COORDINATOR (WA/SA) Adelaide or Perth location Gain experience within our Global Organisation Fixed-term 12 Month contract WHO IS SGS? With more than 90,000...

Transition to GHS 7 - webinar

New hazardous substance regulations for NZ

Many chemicals and fuels used in extractive operations are hazardous and will be controlled from 1st December 2017, by the New Zealand Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations...

Black Lung

Inquiry hears horrors of black lung disease

A North American expert in black lung has revealed at an inquiry the deadly disease is still killing Queensland coal miners even though authorities thought it was non-existent. United States black...

Black lung disease detected in open cut mine

The first confirmed case of black lung disease in a Queensland open cut mine has been revealed. The diagnosis has sparked widespread concern in the mining industry, with the potentially fatal lung...

German Creek miners call for MP to help

German Creek miners have written to Capricornia MP Michelle Landry asking her to meet with workers who could face forced redundancies within two weeks. The request follows Anglo American’s most...

MP calls for Black Lung Royal Commission

A call from Queensland Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller for a Royal Commission into Black Lung disease has been welcomed in mining communities across the state as more workers get diagnosed, and the scourge of...

Three new cases of black lung confirmed

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...