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Speed management on mine sites

Wednesday 09 July 2008

ARRB Group Mining and Resources Manager Damir Vagaja reports on speed management, an important aspect of traffic safety.


Eye protection increases worker safety

Friday 28 March 2008

ACCORDING to the latest Resources Safety MineSafe magazine, the amount of lost time eye injuries has decreased by more than 66%.


Safe design: thinking it through

Sunday 06 January 2008

STATE Mining Engineer (WA) Martin Knee examines the process of safe design in minimising hazards.


Thermal imaging finds strong interest

Saturday 05 January 2008

THERMAL imaging technology attracted a high level of interest at the underground rescue competition at St Ives gold mine near Kambalda in Western Australia late last year, according to Resources Safety – a division of the WA Department of Consumer and Employment Protection.


PPE statistics for mining

Saturday 05 January 2008

ARE there any statistics showing improvements in safety in the mining industry resulting from personal protective equipment (PPE) use?


Timely reminder on natural hazards

Friday 04 January 2008

A TIMELY reminder about the potentially hazardous consequences of cyclones and the importance of emergency preparation can be found in the latest edition of MineSafe magazine.


New technology – crystal gazing

Tuesday 09 October 2007

THE need to manage smaller, more highly skilled and more mobile workforces whose abilities are in great demand will require different industrial relations strategies. From the State (Western Australia) Mining Engineer Martin Knee


Overhead filling safety innovation

Friday 13 July 2007

A Boyup Brook farmer has won prestigious national occupational health and safety awards, for an innovation that has potential applications in the minerals industry.


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