Industry News
Reset renews mine and quarry workers' safety focus
Almost 50,000 Qld mine and quarry workers have completed safety resets, after the state experienced six deaths of mine and quarry workers in 12 months. [ + ]
WorkSafe WA to perform high-risk pressure vessel inspections
WorkSafe WA inspectors will be visiting plants with high-risk pressure vessels to help improve compliance with relevant safety regulations. [ + ]
Worker in critical condition after falling 10 m
A worker was taken to hospital in critical condition on Friday, 6 September after falling around 10 metres from scaffolding at an ACT construction site. [ + ]
Faulty breathing apparatuses discovered in South Coast mine
The NSW Resources Regulator has contacted a breathing appratus supplier and its recipient mines after defective units were identified in a South Coast coalmine. [ + ]
Moved road signs cause truck accident at NSW coalmine
Moved road signs have been implicated as the cause of a heavy vehicle collision at Maules Creek Coal Mine that left one mine worker with serious injuries. [ + ]
Uncontrolled dry cutting of engineered stone banned in Vic
Victoria has banned uncontrolled dry cutting of engineered stone to help protect workers from exposure to crystalline silica dust. [ + ]
Mining companies pledge $96K in enforceable undertaking
Two mining companies are set to spend $96,000 as part of an enforceable undertaking, after they allegedly breached the Mining Act. [ + ]
Man earns nine months' jail time for compensation fraud
A man that defrauded Victoria's workers compensation scheme of more than $112,000 has been jailed for nine months, according to WorkSafe Victoria. [ + ]
Site supervisor fined $21,000 for workplace bullying
A man has been fined $21,000 in SafeWork SA's second conviction related to workplace bullying. [ + ]
Errant fire burns sugar cane harvester with $35K fine
A sugar cane harvester has been fined $35,000 after a cane burning incident left a worker with severe burns and psychological injuries. [ + ]
