Mining Safety

Anniversary–Beaconsfield Mine Collapse

Mine Safety

Anniversary–Beaconsfield Mine Collapse The sixth anniversary of The Beaconsfield Mine collapse approaches. The collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Of the seventeen people who were in the mine at the time, fourteen escaped immediately following the collapse, one, Larry Knight, was killed and the remaining two, Brant Webb and Todd Russell, [...]

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HOW TO JOIN THE MINING BOOM

Mine Safety

HOW TO JOIN THE MINING BOOM – Finding and Winning that Job – May 8, 2012 at 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM The Empire Bar (Ex Rivervale Hotel), Ascot, Perth This event requires registration: http://theminingboom.eventbrite.com/ ∎ WHAT TRAINING YOU NEED and DON’T NEED We are running a seminar in Perth around getting into the Mining [...]

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How to be part of the Mining Boom

Mining Safety

How to be part of the Mining Boom Sina Safety Solutions are hosting an event in Perth on 8th of May 2012 aimed at assisting people to gain employment in the booming mining industry. Details here: How to get into the Mining Game! We asked Ruth what we could expect from the event: “I have [...]

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Safety Professional Salaries

Mine Safety

Resources Sector Salary Gap Closing A new salary survey released today shows a brain drain triggered by the mining boom has forced employers in other sectors to increase salaries for safety professionals. The gap in safety salaries between the mining and resource sectors and other industry sectors is closing for the first time in past [...]

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Access to earthmoving equipment

Mining Safety

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE OF GEORGE’S WORK HERE Access to earthmoving equipment A highly practical safety project in the early 1990’s was the Access to Earthmoving Equipment project. Work required included: v Carrying out a literature review; v Thorough statistical analysis of company accident data v Developing a check-list to assess access systems; v [...]

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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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Inspirational Safety Speaker

Mining Safety

Got some tough nuts to crack or want to add inspiration to your safety training? Nothing like a little reality check. Alan Newey is a survivor of a workplace accident, having lost his right arm in a conveyor belt incident. He has spent the last ten years in recovering and in rehab. He now uses [...]

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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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Passion 101 – Passionate about safety

Articles

Passion keeps one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive ‘nows.’ Another great article from the “Safety 101 = Keep Safety Simple” Series by Ruth Jenkins from SINA SAFETY SOLUTIONS I am passionate about safety. Now “how does that work”? I hear you say. This is simple for me [...]

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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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Top 10 Safety Hazards In Mining

Hazard Control

Top 10 Safety Hazards In Mining – and how to control them New article by Ruth Jenkins. See all of Ruth’s highly recommended safety articles here: Sina Solutions Extract: I have been working in the mining industry since 1989. My journey has been an Interesting  one and it’s hard to believe that I am now [...]

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