THE QUEENSLAND Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert regarding pedestrians entering machinery operating zones.
A RESCUE exercise at the Xstrata Newlands underground coal mine has tested the skills of Queensland’s mine inspectors and emergency services.
SAFETY inspectors are currently investigating Griffin Coal’s Ewington coal mine, after an explosion severely burned a worker.
THE OCCUPATIONAL Health and Safety Regulation 2001 is now applicable to NSW mining workplaces and coal mines, after a legislative amendment came into effect on 1 September 2008.
THE MORANBAH North mine rescue team from the Dysart Rescue Station in the Bowen Basin has won an international rescue competition held in Nevada.
QUEENSLAND is undertaking extensive tests on flameproof enclosures in underground coal mines.
A TRUCK driver has been injured after he lost control of a semitrailer and crashed into the Port Kembla coal loader.
FOUR new mines inspectors have been assigned to central and northern Queensland to further improve health and safety performance in the mining industry.
MORANBAH company CQE Hire, BMA Coal and an employee of the companies were fined $83,000 after an incident at a Queensland mine 18 months ago.
THE Industrial Court of NSW has convicted a coal mining company and fined it $175,000, highlighting the importance of establishing safe work procedures for non-routine tasks and when equipment fails.