ACCORDING to a survey conducted by ComOps, reducing injuries, risk management and avoiding legal proceedings are the major occupational health, safety (OHS) and risk management concerns facing more than 80% of Australian organisations as they head towards the new year.
16/11/2009
The Queensland DEEDI has undertaken a project to sharply reduce the number of vehicle collisions on mine sites.
09/03/2010
MINING Logic Solutions has signed an exclusive global license agreement with CSIRO Exploration and Mining to commercially develop the Nexsys real-time risk management system.
20/05/2009
CFMEU Mining and Energy Union state secretary Gary Wood has warned that the mining industry is not ready to take on the newly introduced system of hazard management based on risk.
08/09/2009
The Queensland Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improved safety and health for small mines and quarries.
10/02/2010
The Mine Safety Operations Branch of Industry & Investment NSW has issued a safety alert following the over pressurisation of a longwall hydraulic system, which resulted in the catastrophic failure of hydraulic isolation valves and other fittings in the pump station.
16/02/2010
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has announced that the Western Australian Government will overhaul the safety system with a multi-million dollar fund injection.
03/09/2009
THE Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has completed an inquiry into the Yallourn Mine collapse which washed away road and rail lines east of Melbourne in November 2007.
21/01/2009
RESPONSIBILITY for safety in underground mines must be the responsibility of everyone in the workplace - the owners, employers and all employees, according to NZ energy company Solid Energy.
19/11/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate has issued an official safety warning regarding brake problems on on-highway trucks at mines.
01/10/2009