02 December 2024 A southern Adelaide electrical company has been fined $300,000 after a worker died when he became trapped in a pit. JD Finlay Electrical was sentenced in the…

A truck crash at a New South Wales open cut coal mine highlights an increasing trend of avoidable mine vehicle crashes, according to the state’s safety regulator.   The NSW…

BHP president Australia Geraldine Slattery told Safe to Work the mining giant’s safety focus is inextricable from technology and productivity in 2025.   Speaking at the Melbourne Mining Club Luncheon yesterday, Slattery…

More than one worker a day suffers an electric shock in South Australia, with the state’s safety watchdog saying reporting is taking too long.   SafeWork SA received 375 electric…

South Australia’s primary work health and safety (WHS) body, SafeWork SA, has ramped up compliance notices at the state’s workplaces.   The regulator increased actions on all forms of noncompliance…

  Safe to Work takes a look at the need-to-know safety incidents that occurred across the mining sector this week. An operator of a continuous miner was sprayed in the face…

Canberra-based tech company Seeing Machines says there is one distracted driving event among Australian truckies every two minutes. Almost a quarter of those 288,000 incidents (24 per cent), recorded over…

Fatigue can significantly impair a worker’s ability to perform tasks safely, leading to costly mistakes, incidents and injuries.   Managing workplace fatigue and the hours your workers are on site…

It has been over a decade since a legal precedent was set in Australia for workers’ compensation based on the link between welding fume and cancer.   In the intervening years, great…

Under Work Health and Safety laws, employers are required to manage risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) resulting from hazardous manual tasks.   In mining environments, specific risks include: less-than-adequate…