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...
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Operations at the Wongawilli Colliery will recommence, creating up to 110 jobs for Illawarra locals. The news comes after approval was granted by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission...
The latest protest against the BHP FIFO camp, near Newman in WA, has come from the dark side. A two-part video titled FIFO Wars has been anonymously posted on YouTube, just in time for the release of...
A Rio Tinto subsidiary has been fined $70,000 after a fatality in 2011 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Brent Grew, 27, was crushed to death in 2011 while removing a tilt cylinder from a...
The widow of a FIFO worker who took his own life before flying back to start his next shift has spoken out on social media, outraged at the treatment she received from the company her late husband...
WHEN it comes to workplace injury, Australia’s mining sector incurs the highest treatment cost per worker, with the longest average treatment duration, according to the latest report from...
A worker at Middlemount’s Grasstree mine was reportedly crushed to death overnight when an underground wall collapsed on top of the 45-year-old man. According to the ABC, police say the miner...
Bulga Underground Operations has been found responsible for an incident at the Beltana coal mine in 2010 that saw a worker sustain severe crush injuries. According to the Newcastle Herald the worker...
QCoal has has been named 2014 Queensland Miner of the Year at the Mining 2014 Resources Convention in Brisbane overnight. The Award was presented to Christopher Wallin, Managing Director of QCoal...
The High Court has today upheld BHP’s sacking of an Saraji mine employee for waving a sign accusing other employees of being ‘scabs’. Stephen Jauncey, a Partner at Henry Davis York...
