Fewer permanent positions is a top safety concern among an overwhelming majority of mine workers surveyed by an industry group. Nearly 90 per cent of coal mine staff blame workforce casualisation for...
Category - Health & Safety
An Australian engineering group has secured $150 million of construction and maintenance work. Monadelphous Group recently secured multiple contracts for a variety of projects across both Queensland...
Workplace related deaths at Queensland mines are increasing but the number of inspections has fallen by at least 20 percent in the past three years, new data shows. State Mines Minister Anthony...
All mine workers should be encouraged to stop work and go home regardless of their employment status for a statewide safety “reset” proposed by an industry group. The Construction...
The grieving former colleagues, friends and family members of a deceased coal miner are appealing to anyone who can help donate enough to hold a funeral service. Former coworkers of the late Golding...
All mine operations should be shut down for 24 hours to help “reset” discussion on work safety, an industry body has urged. The Construction Forestry Maritime Mining Energy Union’s...
Mine workers who know someone recently exposed to inorganic dust are invited to report the incident on a new lung disease register. The Queensland Health Notifiable Dust Lung Disease Register is...
Australasian Mine Safety Journal (AMSJ) has reached another milestone as Australasia’s premier mine safety magazine and online website. The magazine and website have now reached more than 40K...
A judge has questioned the mental health of a teenage anti-mining activist who allegedly stepped in front of a moving train in metropolitan Queensland on April 18. Brisbane magistrate Walt Ehrich...
A severe infection has been diagnosed several times at two mines owned by a multinational resources giant. Six cases of scarlet fever have been reported at BHP’s South Flank Iron Ore Mine and...
New rules are hoped to deter dodgy businesses from hiring unlicensed workers to perform dangerous jobs. Only licensed electricians will be allowed to mount, locate, fix or remove solar panels on...
A coal mine that has operated for more than a century will be forced to shut down because state authorities have banned mining activities. Wollongong Coal has decided to shut down its Wongawilli...
