AUSTRALIA'S National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) will be conducting a national awareness campaign to alert employers and employees of safety risks facing the offshore petroleum industry.
19/02/2008
THE NATIONAL Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) says it has the appropriate experience to take over the administration of offshore well integrity and safety regulations.
22/01/2010
THE QUEENSLAND Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate has issued Safety Alert 42, after a rig worker was fatally crushed by pipe racks which fell off a truck.
08/09/2009
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
NOPSA says it has moved to safeguard the health and safety of workers repairing the leaking well on the Montara Well Head Platform.
26/08/2009
THE NATIONAL Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority is investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Christmas Eve 2008 on board the Karratha Spirit facility.
08/01/2009
THE NATIONAL Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) has issued a safety alert after hydrocarbon gas was introduced into an offshore facility’s drinking water supply.
04/11/2008
QUEENSLAND Mines and Energy Petroleum and Gas Inspectorate has issued a safety alert after a drill rig worker was struck by a falling drill collar.
25/09/2009
WOODSIDE says it is investigating a fire on board the Maersk Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offtake facility.
16/04/2009
FEDERAL Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says the oil and gas sector needs to do more to ensure the safety of its workers.
02/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Petroleum Production & Exploration Association is hosting its Health and Safety Representatives Forum and safety conference from 3 to 5 August 2009.
23/07/2009
IN December 2007 the Northern Territory’s Legislative Assembly passed legislation creating the Workplace Health and Safety Act and the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act.
17/01/2008
WORKCOVER NSW has announced new safety controls for the operation of major hazard facilities across the state, in a bid to reduce the risk of major incidents and limit their consequences.
08/07/2008
SAFEWORK SA is inviting the public to submit comments on five occupational health, safety and welfare initiatives.
09/01/2009
PARTS of BHP Billiton’s Perseverance nickel mine in Western Australia closed after a rock fall on 29 June 2009, the second at that mine in three weeks.
01/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Council of Trade Unions says Australia is falling short of national OHS targets, proof that tougher harmonised laws are needed.
19/08/2009
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
THE AWU and politicians are calling for BHP’s Western Australian operations to be shut down, after a scaffolding contractor died on 18 March 2009 at its Mt Whaleback mine.
23/03/2009
WORKCOVER NSW has published a safety alert after two plumbing apprentices were seriously injured in March 2009 while purging a natural gas supply line.
08/10/2009
Combustible dust fires and explosions are constant threat amongst global trading partners in the manufacturing, non-manufacturing and utility sectors.
28/09/2009