Mine employees stand a greater chance of developing an occupational disease if they regularly come into contact with quartz particles, researchers found. Occupational health experts confirmed silica...
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Experts found some relocatable dwellings have potentially hazardous air quality while workers quarantine. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) recently warned...
Remote mine employees are more likely to experience daytime distress and poor work performance, researchers found. One of the world’s largest industry studies revealed fly-in fly-out (FIFO)...
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...
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...
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