Businesses affected by a delayed monsoon season that brought devastating floods to northern Queensland will receive some much-needed help. The disaster has already claimed the lives of more than 300...
Category - Health & Safety
Even though mining is the safest it has ever been in history, it’s still a dangerous industry to be in.
Some of the deadliest mining incidents in history have been as the result of gas ignition.
One mine disaster in Australia could have been much worse and there were lessons learned that are applied today to prevent a re-occurrence. In 2006 a small earthquake created a disaster for miners at...
Every country with a mining industry has a disaster to speak of, and New Zealand is no different.
The mining industry has come a long way. While some of that is thanks to strict health and safety regulation, a lot of it can also be contributed to the use of remote-controlled equipment taking care...
5 Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In Australia Heading out into the workforce as a teenager just finished school, you probably didn’t have a great deal of knowledge about working, or about what...
Top 10 worst mine disasters in the world Thousands of lives have been lost in the mining industry over the centuries, and while every disaster is a tragedy, some are far worse than others. ...
THE 2018 Queensland Mining Industry & Health and Safety Conference (August 19 -22) returns for its 30th year, with a long-standing mission to unearth the latest innovations in mining safety. The...
Harnesses and other height safety gear should be cleaned regularly to minimise odour build-up, increase service life and remove any potentially degrading materials. And it is not appropriate to soak...
Wellbeing has been rated as the most important priority by global energy and resources (E&R) respondents to the latest Deloitte Human Capital Trends report, with 85 percent saying it is important...
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has developed a new hazard register, which presents the findings from 53 serious injury or serious incident investigations undertaken...