There are a variety of traumatic injuries that can occur in mining, the most common being to the hands and head. Heads are at risk of falling objects, while hands are often injured whilst using...
Category - Health & Safety
The most effective tool in preventing respiratory diseases in mining is to minimise the exposure to industrial dust. While this may not be considered a practical approach, considering the amount of...
Hearing loss due to occupation is one of the biggest problems facing miners with it being the second most common injury reported in the industry. This should come as no surprise to those in the...
When compared to other parents, partners of FIFO workers experience higher levels of stress. FIFO workers are often working away from home for four to six weeks at any one time. Studies have also...
There has been a lot of conversation surrounding the use of driverless trucks in mining. It was in 2015 that two Pilbara mines started using them to move iron ore. The workers control the trucks from...
The NHVR said today’s NRMA’s Dead Tired would provide key recommendations to continue to address driver fatigue. NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said the report highlighted education and technology as key...
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has issued a reminder on guarding against the effects of extreme temperatures on WA mine sites and remote areas. DMIRS director Andrew Chaplyn...
Heat Trap Solar was a winner in the DMIRS 2017 Safety Excellence Awards, winning a Merit Award in the Engineering Category for their innovative chillers for eyewash safety showers. Excess heat and...
Iluka Resources won the Systems and People category at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Awards for Excellence ceremony, by partnering with Winston, a steer from Dardanup. The...
MARKING 25 YEARS OF THE VICTORIAN MINE RESCUE COMPETITION Statement from Megan Davison, Executive Director, MCA Victoria In 1993, local emergency response organisations tested their skills at the...
You can help save lives I still vividly remember attending my first fatality. A young electrician was electrocuted on a steel gantry. He had so much life ahead of him. And yes, his death was...
Story: The Australian An Australian mining executive whose company received money from an 1MDB subsidiary in Malaysia has seen a conflict with a prominent Mongolian family result in an 11-year...
