Mine workers have been reminded to wear a seatbelt while operating or driving vehicles. The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM) is asking all mine workers to wear a seatbelt...
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A front-end loader and light vehicle collided on a New South Wales mine site last month. The incident, which occurred on March 12, saw a Caterpillar 992 front-end loader reverse into a light vehicle...
The following is a Safety Alert issued by Work Safe WA: Recently a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by a moving vehicle in the yard at his workplace. As the driver was manoeuvring to...
The driver of a four wheel drive had a lucky escape after a train carrying manganese ploughed into his vehicle near Katherine in the Northern Territory. According to the NT News, the train was...
The removal of a brake from road-rail front guidance equipment was found to be one of the primary causes of an accident that led to the death of a rail worker at Haig on the Goldfields of Western...
A practical guide to preventing injuries on the mine site – from the NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council WHAT IS A MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER (MSD)? MSD is an umbrella term for injuries and...
Registrations are now open for the 2014 NSW Mining Health & Safety Conference, the mining industry’s premier health and safety event, to be held from 18-20 May in the Hunter Valley. The...
SafeWork Australia has released their Notifiable Fatalities Monthly Report for December 2013 which shows some very poor results for the resources sector. There were 24 work-related notifiable...
An open letter from Stewart Bell, Queensland Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health 2013-14 shaping up to be a dangerous year for mining contractors. It doesn’t have to be. Eight people have died...
Two mine workers were lucky to escape with only minor injuries when a loader collided with the light vehicle they were travelling in at NSW underground mine late last year. A safety alert issued by...
