Safe Work Australia has called for comment on lead in the workplace, after new scientific evidence has suggested current legislated blood lead levels, and workplace exposure standards for lead may...
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An owner of a Chinese gypsum mine has committed suicide two days after the mine collapsed, killing one worker and trapping 17. The mine owner, Ma Congbo, was assisting rescue efforts when he jumped...
State Mining Engineer Andrew Chaplyn has delivered a message highlighting the importance of safety in the mining industry during the festive season and in the year ahead. Mr Chaplyn said the festive...
Two workers were hospitalised, and another injured, after being exposed to a high pressure fluid release in October, a NSW Mine Safety report has revealed. Maintenance activities on an excavator were...
On November 24, 1999, disaster struck underground at Northparkes mine in central New South Wales and the lives of four miners were lost. Ross Bodkin 41, Michael House 33, Stuart Osmond 47 and Colin...
There were 16 work-related deaths during July, according to Safe Work Australia’s Notifiable Fatalities Monthly Report. The report reveals 11 male workers, one female worker, three male...
Premier Coal has pulled an entire fleet of mine trucks out of action at it’s Collie site after five fires in three weeks. Two weeks ago a truck burst into flames at the mine, with four other...
A Rio Tinto subsidiary has been fined $70,000 after a fatality in 2011 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Brent Grew, 27, was crushed to death in 2011 while removing a tilt cylinder from a...
The West Australian government has been accused of abandoning fly-in fly-out workers after it refused to establish the recommendations in a state inquiry into the mental health impacts of FIFO. The...
Today marks the beginning of 2015 National Safe Work Month — a time to raise awareness and focus on health and safety in your workplace. In officially launching Safety Month, Safe Work Australia’s...
