With severe weather warnings and localised flooding across Queensland, motorists are being reminded that if it’s flooded – forget it. There is currently a flood watch for all coastal...
Category - Health & Safety
The monitoring of air quality at the Cannon Hill railway station in Brisbane is set to continue through to 2016 as part of industry measures to be proactive in the management of dust emissions from...
Two gas company supervisors have been prosecuted for breaches of the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 (P&G Act) over separate incidents in which workers were injured at...
In the aftermath of last week’s tragic fatality at Grasstree mine – the second in eight months – mine owner Anglo American has vowed to conduct a comprehensive safety review of all...
A former Burton Downs coal mine supervisor who left shift early, along with a fellow supervisor who was accused of covering for him, have told the Fair Work Commission that their subsequent sacking...
A worker at Middlemount’s Grasstree mine was reportedly crushed to death overnight when an underground wall collapsed on top of the 45-year-old man. According to the ABC, police say the miner...
An industry-wide drug sting began yesterday with major iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group assisting WA Police search employees and contractors travelling to FMG’s remote Christmas Creek mine...
A former Coppabella mine worker is suing his former employer for $2 million for negligence over severe injuries he sustained in a car crash he caused after falling asleep at the wheel. According to...
Excessive rosters and feelings of isolation may have contributed to the three suspected suicide deaths of coal seam gas (CSG) workers in the Surat Basin in the past few months, according to the...
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate (QMI) has praised the prompt action of co-workers who went to the rescue of an electrician who became trapped between a coal rib and a maingate drive in a Queensland...
A Chinchilla man has been charged by Police after threatening, on his facebook page, to shoot coal seam gas workers (CSG) in southern Queensland. Sergeant Gerard Brady told Surat Basin.com.au that...
A new study has found consistently elevated methane and carbon dioxide concentrations within the coal seam gas fields (CSG) of Queensland’s Darling Downs. Co-author of the study, Dr Douglas...
