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...
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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...
The Palaszczuk Government will invest $25 million over the next two years to deliver more reforms to protect the health and safety of the state’s coal workers. Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dr...
Electricity Safety Week (4-8 September) will shine the spotlight firmly on electrical safety with a host of events tailored specifically for electrical contractors and workers. Minister for...
Joint efforts by the Fair Work Ombudsman and Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) to improve compliance with federal workplace laws relating to apprentices and trainees will...
They’re the big four issues raised by mining workers across the country: missing family events; staying connected to the kids; workplace mental health; and keeping the home fires burning. Ahead of...
While one in five Australians is affected by mental health issues, the number is different when miners. For miners, one in three will be affected by mental illness. There is a variety of reasons for...
Uranium has been mined in Australia since the early 1900s and now the country produces 23% of the world’s total uranium haul. While Australia itself does not use nuclear power, it’s the world’s 3rd...
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