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…

A fire at an underground coal mine in New South Wales last week has drawn regulator attention to the condition of conveyor rollers across the state.   A work crew…

Whitehaven Coal will spend a total $1.2 million on projects that aim to prevent injury and fatality at its Maules Creek coal mine in New South Wales.   The spend…

afe to Work examines the “unusual” circumstances, including multiple spider bites, that led to a multi-train collision at BHP’s Finucane Island site at Port Hedland, Western Australia.   The incident occurred…

  02 December 2024 A father and son have been fined more than $43,000 after a worker at their Coonalpyn piggery lost three fingers when her hand became caught in…

27 November 2024 Two Adelaide companies have been fined a total of $108,000 after a labour hire worker was seriously injured when he fell 4.6m through a skylight. SafeWork SA…