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 QUEENSLAND Government will start charging mining, quarrying and explosives operations a Safety and Health Levy on 1 October 2008.
01/10/2008
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.
08/02/2008
MACKAY-based Mining Logic Solutions will partner with CSIRO Exploration and Mining to commercially develop the Nexsys real-time risk management system for mines.
20/05/2009
QUEENSLAND’s State Government will commemorate more than 1450 miners who died over three centuries of mining tragedies in the state.
07/04/2008
A WORKER has died after suffering serious injuries at a Coober Pedy mine accident in South Australia.
26/11/2008
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.
30/09/2008
THREE researchers from the University of South Australia have been awarded an occupational safety and ergonomics medal for a study on OHS in the Australian mining industry.
17/11/2008
NEARLY 700 mining industry personnel have applied to attend the 20th annual Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety conference, forcing the event to change venue.
13/08/2008
THE COAL mining town of Collinsville held a special service on 13 October 2008 to remember the miners who lost their lives on the coalfields.
14/10/2008
THE Workplace Standards Minister has assembled a panel of 20 Tasmanian mining stakeholders and asked them to consider the need for new mining regulations.
12/03/2008
A SOUTH Australian mining company has been fined $65,000 following the death of a worker at the Port Pirie smelter in 2004.
09/12/2008
QUEENSLAND Parliament has introduced legislation aiming to make the state’s mines safer.
30/04/2008
FOUR new mines inspectors have been assigned to central and northern Queensland to further improve health and safety performance in the mining industry.
10/03/2008
BEACONSFIELD Gold reassured the public about the safety of their mines on 25 April 2008, on the second anniversary of a fatal rockfall.
28/04/2008
AN OCCUPATIONAL health and safety expert says the NSW safety model with its heavy prosecution of employers has failed to ensure the wellbeing of workers.
11/08/2008
THE Queensland Department of Mines and Energy has highlighted the importance of proximity detection systems for mining.
28/05/2008
INDUSTREA will be providing $10.71m worth of mining productivity and safety equipment to BHP Billiton www.bhpbilliton.com mines in South Africa.
22/01/2009
THE FORMER Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Aluminium Oscar Groeneveld told a mining health and safety conference Blackberry devices and mobile phones can be detrimental to well being.
26/08/2008
A shuttlecar accident at an underground coal mine in Queensland has prompted the Department of Mines and Energy to issue a safety alert.
25/11/2008