Whole body vibration (WBV) is a physical hazard that occurs in mining workers that work with heavy machinery.
Category - Health & Safety
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.
Roy Hill has won the 2018 Safety and Health Resources Sector Engineering Award at the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) Awards for Excellence ceremony, held at the Perth...
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...
So, you want to work in an Australian mine. Before you can, there are certain things you need to know. There is a lot going on, and most people have no idea what happens in the mines. First of all...
Heading into summer, there are certain aspects in your role on a mining site that become more difficult. One of the biggest factors that work against us in mining, is heat.
Harnesses and other height safety gear should be cleaned regularly to minimise odour build-up, increase service life and remove any potentially degrading materials. And it is not appropriate to soak...
Wellbeing has been rated as the most important priority by global energy and resources (E&R) respondents to the latest Deloitte Human Capital Trends report, with 85 percent saying it is important...
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) has developed a new hazard register, which presents the findings from 53 serious injury or serious incident investigations undertaken...
The NSW Resources Regulator will be undertaking a statewide compliance blitz next week across all sectors of the mining and petroleum industry. The high visibility operation, which commences on...
Some may be aware that mining is a dangerous occupation, however, what people might not know is that it has the third highest fatality rate of any industry, with 9 workers dying each year. Although...
IN January this year, two brothers from Sarina near Mackay died after being overcome by fumes while cleaning inside a tank used to hold molasses. The incident that left a community and a family...
