Safe Work Australia has called for comment on lead in the workplace, after new scientific evidence has suggested current legislated blood lead levels, and workplace exposure standards for lead may...
Category - Health & Safety
A two-kilometre exclusion zone has been set after a freight train carrying about 819,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed 20km east of Julia Creek, on Sunday. All 26 carriages were derailed in the...
An owner of a Chinese gypsum mine has committed suicide two days after the mine collapsed, killing one worker and trapping 17. The mine owner, Ma Congbo, was assisting rescue efforts when he jumped...
With up to nine suspected cases of Black Lung feared in Queensland, the CFMEU have kicked off a campaign to see an end to the deadly disease. CFMEU Queensland Mining and Energy division President...
Employers need to understand that working in extreme heat is a critical safety hazard that can cause serious illness and workers should not be put at risk, the CFMEU has warned. South Australian...
Workers being exposed to hazardous energies continues to cause a significant number of fatal and serious injuries in Western Australia’s minerals sector. This is why a new guideline on...
State Mining Engineer Andrew Chaplyn has delivered a message highlighting the importance of safety in the mining industry during the festive season and in the year ahead. Mr Chaplyn said the festive...
Two workers were hospitalised, and another injured, after being exposed to a high pressure fluid release in October, a NSW Mine Safety report has revealed. Maintenance activities on an excavator were...
The death of a WA miner last month has been linked to heat stress, according to a significant incident report released by the Department of Mines and Petroleum. A 28-year-old jumbo offsider collapsed...
BTP Equipment Pty Ltd has been fined $195,000 and ordered to pay $100,000 in costs for its involvement in the death of worker Paul Torre on 24 December 2010. Mr Torre was working in the mobile...
The return of the deadly Black Lung disease has seen Central Queensland mine workers walk off site as concerns for their health arise. Four Queensland miners, including two employed at Vale’s...
Three cases of Black Lung have been detected in three months at coal mines in Queensland, in what could be the tip of the iceberg for a disease that had been wiped out in Australia half a century ago...
