A Queensland mine worker has died after falling at an interstate iron ore mine. Grange Resources has been placed in a trading halt, after one of the contracted staff fell a considerable distance to...
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Falling objects can deliver a hefty blow to the head, resulting in injury or even death warns a safety authority. This is why WorkSafe is cracking down on companies that fail to control the risk of...
One of the world’s largest mining services providers is widely expected to plead guilty for failing to meet safety rules and causing death. QMEB understands that Thiess Australia is preparing to...
A metal exploration company will have to pay a fine worth tens of thousands of dollars after one of its staff died in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The Perth Magistrates Court recently...
A multinational exploration company faces a hefty fine for the sudden death of an electrician working at its coal mine in Central Queensland. Anglo Coal will have to pay $137,500 after it was found...
Work fatality rates are on the rise in Western Australia, according to the latest Safe Work Australia data. The data, which is based on work fatality rates per 100,000 workers over thirteen years to...
Last year, 195 workers died from injuries received at work, according to Safe Work Australia’s latest Work-related Traumatic Injury Fatalities report. The report highlights a positive downward...
More than 1500 workers who have lost their lives in Queensland mines have been remembered today. The annual service, which is held in a Queensland mining community every year on September 19, is held...
The death toll from an explosion which ripped through the Severnaya mine in Arctic Russia has reached 36. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has been described as the worst mining disaster in...
A Queensland FIFO worker has lost an appeal for workers compensation for psychological injury after witnessing his co-workers dead body wheeled away. On January 31, 2013, Mr Sansom, a Caval Ridge...
