Suicide prevention charity MATES in Construction and PPE brands TRu Force and Force360 have partnered to support better mental health within our industries. Did you know: construction workers are 6 x...
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Did you know the most likely cause of death of men under 45 years of age is suicide? The mining industry is a male-dominated one, and while our miners wear hard hats, steel caps and protective gear...
Seven fly-in fly-out workers from the Inpex Ichthys gas project in Darwin have taken their own life in the past three years, leading to Northern Territory trade unions calling for a FIFO code of...
A FIFO worker has taken his own life, prompting calls from workers at the Roy Hill project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, to change rosters. The death was announced on a Facebook page...
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...
A mine worker who committed suicide in a FIFO camp last year was afraid to seek help from mine site counsellors for fear he would lose his job, a FIFO mental health inquiry has heard. Peter Miller...
An official inquiry into FIFO related suicides in Western Australia has been launched with the WA Education and Health Standing Committee agreeing to the move at a meeting last night. The inquiry...
By Cecilia Jamasmie: www.mining.com The recent deaths of nine Western Australian fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers who took their own lives has put the issue of living conditions and depression in the...