THE QUEENSLAND Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference will be held in Townsville on 23 August 2009.
About 600 people are expected to attend the event. Stewart Bell, chairman of the conference and the Queensland Government’s Mine Safety and Health Commissioner, says good attendance is testimony to the strong commitment to health and safety of industry, government and mining unions.
Bell says this year’s conference will focus on how we can provide the tools and deliver the mindset to keep the workplace safe and healthy. He says while the lost time injury frequency rate continues to improve, fatalities are still occurring and this is unacceptable. Industry government and unions must strive harder toward the shared goal of zero harm.
Special guests of this year’s conference include scientist and science broadcaster Karl Kruszelnicki who will chair the safety innovations awards judging and SBS television’s Jenny Brockie who will facilitate a panel session on raising the bar to achieve zero harm.
A huge range of papers will be presented from leadership and safety, to fitness for work policies and design improvements for mining equipment.
The conference is hosted jointly by the Queensland Government, the Queensland Resources Council and mining unions the CFMEU and AWU.
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