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Fatality on Pilbara Mine Site

15th August 2013…The Department of Mines is investigating the first death in Western Australia’s mining industry in almost two years. The body of a 26-year-old man from New Zealand was found at Fortescue Metals Group’s Christmas Creek mine at 8:00pm yesterday. The iron ore mine is located in the Pilbara region of WA, about 100 […]

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New guidance “Managing Noise in the Coal industry to protect Hearing”

New guidance “Managing noise in the coal industry to protect hearing” (2013) is available now as a free download. ‘Coal mining has the highest incidence rate of [industrial deafness] claims in all the industries examined – nearly 14 times the national average.’ (Australian Safety and Compensation Council, 2006). The guidance booklet, produced by ‘The Coal Services’ […]

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Safe Work Australia: Stress costs Aus business over $10 billion p.a.

Safe Work Australia has released its first report on work-related mental stress and its associated costs based on an analysis of Australian workers’ compensation claims data from 2008-09 to 2010-11. The report includes comparisons of rates of mental stress claims across industry sectors and occupations for male and female workers but does not distinguish between […]

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WA WorkSafe: Further warnings on checking High Risk Work Licences

WorkSafe WA Commissioner Lex McCulloch said further information on fraudulent licences had been received since a warning was issued earlier this week. “We issued a warning on Tuesday to check on NSW-issued High Risk Work Licences after two fake licences were discovered in WA,” Mr McCulloch said. “We have since received unconfirmed reports that fraudulent […]

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