A multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...
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A former employee accused a colleague of endangering her life with a blade at a major mining operation. Anneka Truter claims a coworker raped her at knifepoint at CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino...
Authorities are examining circumstances surrounding an equipment-related workplace death. Police, WorkSafe Western Australia and the State Department of Fire and Emergency Services recently...
A foreign-owned company vowed to stamp out poor work conditions after authorities launched an investigation into its Australian operations. Netherlands-headquartered Mammoet Australia promised there...
Officials are examining whether a mine site fostered substandard employment conditions. Police and representatives from the Western Australian Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety...
A family business received lighter punishment five years after an outsourced team member permanently lost a limb. Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) successfully appealed a recent sentence over a...
A mining services company was not worried about a potential avalanche before an employee suffered a fatal fall. Rostered workers were not concerned about the risk of a rock fall the day a scaling...
An exploration and water boring company will pay after a team member died from a serious injury more than two years ago. Orbit Drilling recently pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a...
Western Australian workplaces have been reminded to guard against the effects of extreme temperatures as another week of summer heat hits the State. WorkSafe WA Commissioner Darren Kavanagh today...
Workplace exposure standard for respirable crystalline silica halved to 0.05 milligrams per cubic metre effective 27 October, 2020 and respirable coal dust halved to 1.5 milligrams per cubic metre...