Executives’ Lack of Proper Risk Governance Is Putting Their Businesses in Jeopardy
A risk management survey of corporate leaders has found that many dont take catastrophic risks seriously. Solutions’ 2018 Global Operations Risk Survey of Corporate Leaders Despite overwhelming...
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Merlo rollover at NSW mine during dragline cable move
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a Merlo rollover dangerous incident. According to the latest report, the experienced operator was undertaking work moving a dragline cable using a Merlo...
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Gantry collision with EWP costs mining company $40K
Karara Mining Ltd was fined $40,000 in Perth Magistrates Court yesterday (13/2) following an incident where a gantry crane collided with an elevated work platform (EWP) being used by two...
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Autonomous truck incident FMG | How vulnerable is the wireless mesh network?
An autonomous truck incident at Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) Christmas Creek operation this week has shone a light on the safety vulnerabilities of wireless mesh networks for the management of...
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Tyre Changing Incident at Canadian mine
A tyre changing incident has left a contractor in a serious condition after a truck tire he was changing exploded at the Elk Valley Coal mine in Canada. Rick Kennedy, a Maxam Bulk Services...
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Remembering Wayne Fowlie | Roof fall failure claims life
On the morning of Saturday, 15 February 2014, Wayne Fowlie was killed by a roof fall during a major decline development at the Harlequin Gold Mine near Norseman. 59-year-old Wayne had been tasked...
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Research Report | Representing miner’s safety and health in coal mining: a global perspective
A Cardiff University Research project conducted on behalf of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has investigated the nature and operation of arrangements for worker representation on...
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Regulator shuts down mining operation | No technically competent person
A mine in New South Wales’s far-west has been shut down temporarily after the NSW Resources Regulator suspended the titleholder’s mining lease. The suspension follows the discovery of breaches the...
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Coal mine workers being trained in forensic techniques ahead of Pike River re-entry
Pike River Recovery Agency coal mine recovery workers are being trained in techniques for the gathering and preventing disturbance of forensic evidence at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand as...
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ICMM Statement on Vale’s Brumadinho tailings dam failure
ICMM has issued a statement on Vale’s tailings dam failure. That statement reads “The Brumadinho dam failure in Brazil is a human and environmental tragedy. Our thoughts are with those who have...
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Jaw crusher liner replacement incident cost WA Gold Miner $58K
A serious incident during a jaw crusher liner replacement cost a West Australian Gold Miner a $58K fine. Silver Lake Resources Ltd was fined $58,000 yesterday in Perth Magistrates Court following...
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Killed in the line of work duties: we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws
Dillon Wu died alone inside a metal tank. It is believed he was asphyxiated by argon gas, used in arc-welding steel. He is the youngest employee to die in a recent run of deaths in confined...
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Mine gas explosion kills five in South African mine
A gas explosion has killed at least five people and more than twenty are missing in a disused South African coal mine. The incident occurred in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga. “As...
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Choosing tether and anchor lanyards
Preventing tools and equipment being dropped from height is a crucial element in any working at heights safety program. With falling objects causing 122 deaths in Australia from 2012–2016 and 3515...
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Nominations called for Western Australia Training Awards
Applications for the Western Australia Training Awards 2019 are now open. The awards provide an opportunity for the Western Australian training sector to showcase excellence, reward best practice...
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Western Australia’s tailings dams are well managed
A Professor of Geomechanics has stated that the safety of Western Australia’s tailings dams is managed well through design and regulation. University of Queensland Professor David Williams told...
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Role of Safety and Health Representatives in Western Australian mining
A safety and health research project completed in the Western Australian mining industry has discovered that the most important factor that enabled or hindered Safety and Health Representatives...
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Smoking breaks may end up a thing of the past
Piper Alderman’s – David Ey and Gemma Twemlow recently shared their thoughts around a recent case in the Fair Work Commission that may put the kybosh on smoking breaks across many industries in...
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Tailings dam risk management | Many global companies opportunities for improvement
A global foundation created to monitor and measure practices of mining companies has issued a statement in response to Vale’s Córrego do Feijão (Brumadinho) tailings dam disaster highlighting that...
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UNSW world-leading road safety expert awarded international honour
A 30-year career improving safety for road users has earned UNSW Professor Raphael Grzebieta a prestigious award. Global road safety expert UNSW Sydney Professor Raphael Grzebieta has been awarded...
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