This year's Mining Industry Guide to Workplace Safety will focus on helping employers and employees prepare for the imminent national occupational health and safety legislation.
19/03/2010
The Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Application to Mining Workplaces and Coal Workplaces) Regulation 2008 has expanded, with consequences for mining workplaces and coal mines.
30/09/2008
Major steps in the consistency of workplace health and safety laws in the NSW mining industry have come into effect.
11/09/2008
THE Mining Industry Advisory Committee (MIAC) has released three mining draft Codes of Practice for public consultation and comment on the Resources Safety Division website:
16/10/2007
IFAP will run the seventh annual Occupational Safety and Health Conference from 23 to 24 September 2008 at the Sheraton Perth Hotel.
26/08/2008
The safety and health of men and women who work in Queensland's mines will be strengthened through a new industry safety and health levy.
12/06/2008
Far from just another cost, occupational health and safety is now considered 'sexy' by investors, according to a senior research analyst for AMP Capital Investors, Dr Ian Woods.
04/09/2009
A MODIFICATION to drilling equipment, a new method of removing oil filter housings, and a lifting jig for bearings, have received accolades from judges in the 2008 Chamber of Minerals & Energy (CME) Safety and Health Innovation Awards, announced recently at CME’s annual Occupational Safety and Health Conference.
11/03/2008
A DOCUMENTARY on Queensland’s worst mining disasters and the lessons learned from them was the centrepiece of the industry’s 2007 Health and Safety Conference in Townsville.
06/08/2007
A RECENTLY released report commissioned by the Safety Institute of Australia (SIA), has found that Australian industry’s reactive approach to OHS is leaving thousands of workers at risk
29/10/2007
Bill McCurry's centre-line socket safety system is a finalist in the 5th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards for its ability to improve occupational health and safety standards in the industry.
04/11/2008
The NSW Minerals Council is once again preparing for Annual OHS Conference with heath and fitness as the central theme for 2009.
19/01/2009
The AMMA has lodged a submission to the South Australian Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2009, recommending, as its primary position, to remove Part 5A from the Consultation Bill, denying union representatives the right to enter South Australian workplaces and engage in consultation.
19/03/2009
MAJOR mining and civil construction company Macmahon Holdings has developed a program whereby employees identify their personal drivers for encouraging occupational health and safety in the workplace.
30/01/2008
The passage of the Safe Work Australia Bill through the Parliament represents a significant milestone in the move towards a national Occupational Health and Safety regulatory regime, according to Minerals Council of Australia CEO Mitch Hooke.
08/09/2009
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has welcomed the introduction of the Safe Work Australia Bill as an opportunity to establish a body to promote a national, uniform Occupational Health and Safety regulatory regime.
09/09/2008
This year's Safety in Action Conference will once again be held at Melbourne in April.
05/02/2010
Minerals Council of Australia CEO Mitchell Hooke says the passage of the Safe Work Australia Bill through the Parliament represents a significant milestone in the move towards a national Occupational Health and Safety regulatory regime.
17/08/2009
AUSTRALIA’S largest mining companies are driving safety innovation through stringent occupational health and safety strategies.
22/05/2007
THE Industrial Court of NSW has convicted a coal mining company and fined it $175,000, highlighting the importance of establishing safe work procedures for non-routine tasks and when equipment fails.
11/02/2008