Analysis of Recommendations from Mining Incident Investigative Reports A systematic analysis was conducted using ten occupational health and safety commissioned reports from Canada, New Zealand...
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Australian researchers have raised fresh concerns that a major shipping disaster could harm the Great Barrier Reef, with new research revealing coal dust in seawater can kill corals and slow down the...
The debate about wind farms is clearly not over yet. Last week Australia’s National Heath and Medical Research Council awarded A$3.3 million to fund two new health studies: one to measure the effect...
Working long hours may get you in the good books with your employer, but recent studies have shown it has its health implications. In the mining industry, shifts are as far from a nine-to-five desk...
The Department of Mines and Petroleum have urged health and safety professionals to participate in university research studies. “Safety and health representatives make a major contribution to...
New research by Defence researchers has found caffeine marginally reduces driver drowsiness but significantly reduces driving errors. Chief Defence scientist Dr Alex Zelinsky said the study formed...
New research into how well Australian workplaces are dealing with drug and alcohol misuse has found policies work – but mandatory testing alone doesn’t. The research, undertaken by the...
Safety and health representatives make a major contribution to workplace health and safety in the Western Australian mining industry. With potential changes in the Western Australian mining health...
A new study by Safe Work Australia has found 36 per cent of workplace fatalities examined were found to be associated with unsafe design of machinery, plant or powered tools. Safe Work Australia...
Mine workers from the northern Bowen Basin are being asked to take part in a men’s health study aimed at discovering why men’s health is much poorer than women’s in the Mackay...
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