Mine Safety

Christmas Safety Message

Holiday safety

George’s Safety Reflections MORE HERE Christmas message Christmas is a time when many are more likely to drink and drive, it may help to reflect on my experiences in this area. I spent my late teens and early 20’s in the Australian Army, mid 20’s and 30’s at mine sites, tough, male orientated environments where [...]

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Ten Tips to Make Mining Project Risk Assessments Worthwhile

Mine Safety

We hit the jackpot when we recently came across the MINING MAN website. If you are in mining, mining safety or safety in general, you will find a wealth very well written and very useful information on the site. We particularly like this article on Mining Risk Assessment and we have reprinted it below (with [...]

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How to Have a Safety Chat without Looking Like a Pompous Arse

Mine Safety

Brilliant recent post by the Mining Man, love your work Jamie: How to Have a Safety Chat without Looking Like a Pompous Arse Extract (Read the full article here): In the minerals industry we work with people who have a range of different attitudes towards safety and how much risk they’ll take on the job [...]

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INCIDENT AT OLYMPIC DAM

Incident Investigation

INCIDENT AT OLYMPIC DAM SafeWork SA inspectors will travel to Roxby Downs in the state’s Far North today to investigate an incident which occurred underground yesterday afternoon at BHPBilliton’s Olympic Dam mine. The two SafeWork SA mining inspectors are expected to join BHP-Billiton investigators on-site tomorrow to determine the cause of the incident. Information received [...]

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Fair Treatment in the Mining Industry

Incident Investigation

Fair Treatment or a Window Seat – Incident Management Yet another great article by Ruth Jenkins from SINA Solutions – Safety is No Accident Download the full article here: Intro:  What happens when someone has an accident on your site? Does the blame game begin? If it is a Contractor involved – is a “Window [...]

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Safety Tip – Hazard Alerts

Hazard Alerts

A large mine site I visited recently subscribes to industry hazard alerts and safety alerts. These are displayed on the large TV in the lunch room each morning. All employees must read them before they start work and then the alerts are discussed in tool box talks.

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Quarry’s Crash

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Quarry's Crash

juracime.skyblog.com Now, my blog is in English, passes and leaves a comment, thank you!

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Fatal Mistakes (1999)

Mine Safety

Fatal Mistakes (1999)

This video discusses safety precautions necessary when operating or interacting with Off Highway Trucks. (10 minutes) For more …

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The story of the Chilean miners

Mine Safety

The story of the miners from day one to rescue

A compilation of the key moments from when the 33 Chilean miners were trapped up until their successfu…

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26 dead in China mine blast

Mine Safety

26 dead in China mine blast

Rescuers desperately trying to reach 11 miners still trapped underground in Henan province. . Follow us on twitter at twi…

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Adware Flags and Poles

Boating Safety

Just listed in our new Safety Directory Adware are Manufacturers of safety windsocks, windsock poles, windsock frames, windsock suppliers for Airfields, Helipads, Quarries, Water Treatment Plants, Mines, Building site dust monitoring, Workplace safety, Mariners, Boat Docks, ship harbours, Yacht Clubs. Visit their website

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Amendments to the Queensland Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999

Mine Safety

[picappgallerysingle id="5229799"] Noel Arnold report on the background and details of the new amendments: Since the Queensland Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act (MQSHA) came into effect in 2001, large mines and quarries have been required by law to develop and maintain a fully documented Safety & Health Management System (SHMS). The 2006 – [...]

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Dealing with Radioactive Gauges

Mine Safety

Dealing with radioactive gauges Fear of exposure and complex compliance regimes may make radiation daunting but the radioactive gauges used by industry and mining to measure density can be managed safely and efficiently, according to a WA Safety Show exhibitor. One of the few companies licensed to manage radioactive devices in Australia, Radiation Safety Services [...]

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Are you safe from lightning in a vehicle?

Electrical Safety

Lightning strikes stationary truck Check out the full Safety Alert from NSW Dept Primary Industries (including graphic photos) HERE: I saw a similar thing happen to a dump truck a few years ago when the driver forgot to lower the tray and it hit overhead power lines INCIDENT A large rear dump truck (RDT) was [...]

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Mining Super Tax

Mine Safety

Proof that the new super profits tax is having an effect already on down sizing in the mining industry!

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Dam Safety

Mine Safety

Did you know…….. All dams in NSW have to meet the requirements of the Dams Safety Committee (DSC) under the NSW Dams Safety Act, 1978. The Dams Safety Committee (DSC) is the State’s regulator for dam safety and therefore responsible to develop and implement policies and procedures for effective dam safety management to protect life, [...]

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Free Tool Box Talk Presentations

Mine Safety

Free Toolbox Talks to Download Some excellent free safety resources from WA Dept Mines & Petroleum. Most are relevant and useful to other heavy industries as well. These PowerPoint shows are made available for non-commercial use (eg toolbox meetings and training sessions) subject to the condition that the content is not altered without permission from [...]

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