APACHE Energy had to evacuate staff from Varanus Island via helicopter after an explosion occurred at the gas facility at 1:40pm on 3 June 2008.
04/06/2008
THE ENERGY Networks Association (ENA) says Energy Network Safety legislation should follow the example of broader occupational health and safety laws, and be applied across Australia.
07/11/2008
ENERGY Networks Association (ENA), Australia’s representative body for gas and electricity distribution network businesses, has pushed for a united national energy safety regulatory agency.
16/04/2008
CAPITAL Safety Australia has launched its Wind Energy Fall Protection Solutions Range, featuring ExoFit XP Wind Energy Harness and Force2 Wind Energy Rescue Lanyard.
30/10/2009
ERGON Energy has been fined $29,000 after a worker suffered first and second degree burns while working on live powerlines in Ilfracombe in January 2008.
04/05/2009
THE DIRECTOR of Energy Safety, Ken Bowron, has found the Cape Naturaliste bush fire which started on 7 February 2009, was started by a Western Power power line.
09/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy has issued a safety alert on vehicle collisions on mine sites.
28/08/2009
EMPLOYEES at Ergon Energy in Mackay have contributed to the local community by working safely.
02/09/2008
THE ENERGY Networks Association (ENA) has made a submission to SafeWork Australia commenting on the Safe Work Act.
17/11/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy has issued a safety alert after a number of incidents where man baskets detached and fell from tele-handler or integrated tool carrier type machines.
27/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Mines and Energy says a third year apprentice has been injured while helping to maintain a mobile crusher at a mine.
29/04/2009
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy’s Mines Inspectorate has issued a safety alert following a near-fatal collision between a 4-wheel-drive (4WD) light vehicle and a water truck at a surface mine.
17/01/2008
A MINE worker has been killed on a coal exploration site in north Queensland, according to the Mines Inspectorate.
02/10/2008
A WORKER has died after suffering serious injuries at a Coober Pedy mine accident in South Australia.
26/11/2008
THE CONSTRUCTION, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has reported the tower crane collapse at BHP’s Worsley Alumina Refinery project, WA, was due to mechanical failure.
19/01/2010
QUEENSLAND Parliament has introduced legislation aiming to make the state’s mines safer.
30/04/2008
WORKSAFE Victoria is investigating an incident in which an official from the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is said to have dumped asbestos on a table in front of two managers at a construction site.
22/02/2008
THE Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has warned Australia’s coal mining industry against complacency when dealing with work safety.
13/03/2008
THE Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union claims certain South Australian employers are making workers remain on building sites during periods of intense heat.
14/03/2008
ERGON Energy will investigate an electrical shock incident involving one of its workers at Bollon.
28/03/2008