Mine employees had no choice but to physically separate themselves from colleagues due to a growing number of infections at one coal operation. At least 17 workers have tested positive to coronavirus...
Category - Health & Safety
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...
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)...
An anti-coal protestor was penalised for suspending himself from bulk-handling equipment in North Queensland. Bowen Magistrates Court released Paul Jukes on an 18-month, $1000 good behaviour bond...
An unstable structure interrupted the lives of two underground coal operation employees. Authorities recently investigated a roof collapse at Centennial Coal’s Clarence Colliery, about 130km...
A multinational resources company could lock out any employee who is unvaccinated against the pandemic. Anglo American recently warned its entire workforce to be immunised against coronavirus (COVID...
Every operation is different and so are the responder’s equipment requirements. No matter how strong, tall or short the responder is, the equipment needs to fit everyone. It not only affects the...
A mining services company temporarily shut down at least one operation in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. A subsidiary of NRW Holdings recently stopped work due to floods and severe weather...
A careless workplace culture is to blame for a dead Central Queensland employee, an independent regulator said. Fairfield Quarry’s “complacency” and “inadequate...
A multinational resources company cannot lawfully lock-out employees based on individual medical decisions, a judge ruled. BHP has been ordered to stop banning unvaccinated workers from entering the...
CleanSpace Steri-Plus is the world’s first exhalation valve filter for PAPRs source control. CleanSpace Technology developed Steri-Plus to filter the air exhaled by the wearer and consequently...
Wet weather forced at least two resources operations to temporarily shut down and remove their workers across Queensland. Heavy rains and floods have temporarily closed Kestrel Coal Resources’s...
