THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy (DEM) has announced its plans to visit the state's coal mines.
28/08/2009
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy’s (DME) safety and health department has welcomed the manager of its newly formed Health Surveillance Unit (HSU).
22/08/2008
A SPECIAL Health surveillance unit (HSU) has been established by the Queensland Government to monitor worker health hazards in the mining industry.
12/12/2008
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has released a safety alert regarding the installation and maintenance of electrical equipment in underground coal mines.
27/10/2008
QUEENSLAND’S world-class mining safety standards will be lost if the opposition comes to power, according to the Mines and Energy Minister.
27/08/2008
THE Department of Mines and Energy’s (DME) will recruit 25 staff for its safety and health department to meet increased demand and expand its range of services.
21/08/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy held mining safety workshops at the Blackwater International Coal Centre on 11 and 12 August 2009.
14/08/2009
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy released a Safety Bulletin late last year about the lack of effective brakes on rigid on-highway trucks being used in off-highway conditions at mines.
15/01/2010
A COAL miner has been killed at a coal exploration site in north Queensland.
03/10/2008
THE Department of Mines and Energy (DME) is urging mines to ensure the safety of workers during extreme weather after two miners were seriously injured from high winds in Queensland.
18/12/2008
THE TWENTIETH Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference will hit Townsville from 17-20 August 2008.
13/08/2008
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has released a safety alert after a pontoon capsized at an Australian mine site.
15/09/2008
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has issued a safety alert after a dozer fell from a bench at a surface coal mine.
03/11/2008
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy (DME) has issued a safety alert after a worker was injured in a backhoe accident.
29/10/2008
A shuttlecar accident at an underground coal mine has prompted the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy to issue a safety alert.
25/11/2008
THE skills of mine staff and emergency services was put to the test in Mackay in October 2008 in an exercise at the Xstrata Newlands underground coal mine.
11/11/2008
A fatal accident has suspended operations at the Curragh coal mine.
01/09/2010
THE Department of Mines and Energy (DME) is reinforcing the need for written instructions for tasks involving multiple steps after a Queensland worker sustained fatal injuries in December 2008.
02/02/2009
A 24-year-old man has died after jumping from a 40m cliff at an abandoned mine in Brisbane’s southwest on 02 November 2008.
05/11/2008
Miners have been urged to more effectively manage the risks of working in the sun by the Queensland Department Mines and Energy.
13/01/2010