BHP Billiton Iron Ore chief Ian Ashby has told journalists employees need to take more responsibility for their own safety.
State Engineer calls for independent study of BHP Billiton Nickel West's Perseverance mine.
Western Australia's Minister for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore has ordered BHP Billiton to stop work at any mines in the State that have been issued with breach of practice notices.
Exploration companies and drilling companies must review their RC drilling procedures to ensure that employees engaged in RC drilling operations are not exposed to the particular hazard posed by a sliding draw beneath the sample cyclone. WA State Mining Engineer Martin Knee reports.
A DRILLER'S offsider was fatally injured when he was struck by a "wear bend" that became detached from the cyclone at an exploration drilling site.