The NSW Resources Regulator has issued a report of a dangerous incident occurred at an underground coal mine. A continuous miner operator was sprayed with hydraulic oil from a damaged hose on a roof...
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Rio Tinto’s two Gladstone alumina refineries have pushed ahead with $75 million of planned maintenance shutdown work this year, overcoming COVID-19-restriction challenges by using largely locally...
Resources Safety & Health Queensland has reported an incident where a worker was struck by a moving stairway on a truck. According to report, a coal mine worker was struck by a moving stairway on...
The NSW Resources Regulator (the Regulator) has commenced prosecution proceedings against blasting services contractor Hamiltons Blasting Services Pty Limited (HBSPL), its shotfirer David Hamilton...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an electrician got injured in underground metals mine. Electricians working underground were installing a high tension cable from an integrated tool carrier...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported fire occurred in the crusher house in an open cut mine. A control room operator saw fire through the closed-circuit television (CCTV) system in a crusher...
Nominations for the 2021Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards (AWHSA) are now open until Friday 1 February 2021. The ceremony for the Australian Workplace Health & Safety...
Safety at work affects everyone – workers, their families, businesses, and our community. October is National Safe Work Month, a time to commit to building and maintaining safe and healthy workplaces...
Work fatality rates are on the rise in Western Australia, according to the latest Safe Work Australia data. The data, which is based on work fatality rates per 100,000 workers over thirteen years to...
Mining companies are feeling the pressure to manage the impacts of drugs and alcohol in the workplace as recreational drug use increases, according to national survey results released this week. The...
