Hugh Pine talks about the benefits of training simulators and how they are increasing safety due to improved vehicle control. Highly sophisticated training simulators are being used by more and more...
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A 28-year-old worker has been killed at Newcrest’s Cadia Valley Operations, near Orange, overnight. The man, a father-of-two, was working at the Ridgeway gold mine underground as a mine...
After becoming a father to two daughters, Central Queensland miner Nick Dyer says coming home safely has a whole new meaning. “Life has changed significantly for me since the arrival of our two...
Karara Mining Ltd has been fined $40,000 after pleading guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment. The sentence, handed down in Perth Magistrates Court on yesterday, was in relation to...
WORKERS who have lost their lives will be remembered today, for World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Workers’ Memorial Day. Today is a day to focus on taking actions which can prevent future...
Talk about embarrassing – a crane has toppled over in front of a government safety inspector at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine construction site in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The...
Too much paperwork and over-regulation is seriously compromising safety on the work sites across Australia, according to the Master Builders Association. Master Builders Association policy director...
The Northern Territory Minerals Council Summit on Thursday will be met with a large contingent of protesters calling for the immediate closure and clean up of the Territory’s riskiest mining and gas...
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said a decision made earlier this year, to limit the use of urine testing for drugs and alcohol in the workplace, was a “significant error”. On...
Safety inspectors were laughed at by Roy Hill mine project workers after raising safety concerns during an audit, according to documents from the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). The audit...
