A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
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Resources Safety has launched a new video series to help supervisors and workers recognise workplace hazards that have injured or killed people in Western Australia’s resources industry. The videos...
Safety professionals in the Goldfields of Western Australia are being invited to attend a seminar of case studies on electrical safety being held by the Goldfields Electrical Industry Group (GEIG)...
A speaker at the WA Government’s inquiry into mental health impacts of FIFO work has called for new workers to go through an ‘induction period’ to gauge their suitability for the FIFO lifestyle. FIFO...
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...
[hr]Curtin University’s Environmental Biology Group has partnered with Polaris Metals, a subsidiary of Mineral Resources, to develop an understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and the...
[hr]Traces of iron that are breathed in along with other particulate matter may not be as harmless to lung function as previously thought, according to research involving the University of Western...
WA’s Resources Safety has developed an information sheet to provide clarification on frequently asked questions the Department receives from industry about legal professional privilege (LPP)...
Workers in Western Australia are being encouraged to attend a free information seminar on their rights and responsibilities should they sustain a workplace injury. The seminar is being hosted by...
Around 200 students from across Australia are competing in the National Collegiate Mining Games which are being staged in Perth today for the first time. The two-day competition, being held at the...