THE Western Australian DPI has restructured its departments to put more focus on the mining sector and improve health and safety processes.
08/01/2009
THE Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert after a worker was killed by a mobile crushing plant in Queensland.
05/01/2009
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are concerned about the safety of extraction processes described in an environmental impact statement for Capital Mining’s proposed Monaro mine in New South Wales.
02/07/2009
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
THE Queensland government is improving its employment testing systems to ensure only qualified staff maintain the state’s health and safety standards.
05/11/2008
THE HEADS of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) met in Perth in early June 2009 to discuss the progress of a range of initiatives to further occupational health and safety management across Australian and New Zealand workplaces.
10/06/2009
A RISK management company has signed a deal with Centennial Coal to provide software able to conduct risk assessments on its NSW mines.
26/09/2008
PERILAYA has highlighted the safety performance at its Broken Hill mining operations in the June quarter.
29/07/2009
FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says that safety performance in the offshore petroleum industry needs to be improved urgently.
15/07/2009
RESOURCES Minister Kon Vatskalis has come under attack from more than one hundred residents over planned uranium exploration near Alice Springs.
02/04/2009
SWICK Mining Services has been recognised for excellence in occupational health and safety for its Underground Diamond drill-rig at the Australian Mining Prospect Awards in Sydney.
24/10/2008
THE MINING Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) is currently researching new methods of detecting and visualising seismic and microseismc hazards in underground mines.
04/03/2009
MINECORP Vehicle Solutions have delivered another specialised vehicle to repeat customer Carl Contracting.
15/07/2009
TECHS4BIZ Australia says over the past few years, automation has proven to be an important tool in the management of safety inspections. It enables effective identification of major Occupational Health & Safety risks and is suitable for the mining industry.
24/03/2009
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
Over the past few years, automation has proven to be an important tool in the management of safety inspections. It enables effective identification of major OH&S risks.
07/12/2009