In a bid to enforce mine safety, Australian Standards have been updated to ensure all safety harnesses are designed with a frontal, fall arrest rated, attachment point. The Fall Protection Manufacturers Association secretary Gordon Cadzow writes for Australian Mining.
Four Victorian Gold mines have signed a Mine Rescue Mutual Aid Agreement during the Annual VictorianUnderground Mine Rescue Competition held in Bendigo in August.
The Fosterville Gold Mine Emergency Response Team from Bendigo in Central Victoria, has defeated nine other teams from across the country to win the annual Victorian Underground Mine Rescue Competition held in Bendigo during August.
Zinifex Century Mine’s Emergency Response Team has placed second in the Queensland Resources Council's Queensland Mines Rescue Challenge, held at Townsville’s Dairy Farmers Stadium in June.
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.
WESTERN Australian mine rescue teams have put there skills to test in real-life scenarios recently
THE 7-mile Emergency Response Team was asked by the wagon maintenance department to confirm a previously written rescue plan for the confined space entry to the Portec Jacks Pit as part of its fortnightly training schedule.
THE Cornwall Coal Mine Rescue Team has won the Prospect Awards Excellence in Mine OH&S Award. Daniel Hall writes
4th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards Excellence in Mine OH&S
THE Stawell Gold Mine Rescue Team narrowly defeated nine other teams from across the country to win the prestigious Annual Victorian Underground Mine Rescue Competition, held in Bendigo recently.