South Australia overhauls explosives laws - Safe To Work
Oct 10, 2024 · A major overhaul of South Australia’s explosives legislation has passed Parliament, updating a bill first adopted in 1936. The Explosives Act 2024 aims to modernise and streamline the state’s explosives legislation and create consistency with other Australian jurisdictions.. The new legislation will replace the Explosives Act 1936, which has long been considered by industry to be out of ...
Saying goodbye to dust - Safe To Work
Dec 9, 2024 · Eco-Road Hero provided technology to help a coal mine struggling to control dust on its haul roads, slashing reported dust in half and saving fuel costs.
Take action against welding fume exposure - Safe To Work
Oct 4, 2024 · While the risks posed by welding fume are serious, keeping safe can be straightforward. In January 2024, Work Health and Safety Ministers agreed to an 80 per cent reduction to the Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) for welding fume from five milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3) of air to 1mg/m3.. All Australian workplaces must now comply with this new lower limit by law, sending a clear message ...
Are mine safety incidents on the rise? - Safe To Work
Dec 4, 2024 · Safe to Work is a high-quality, multi-platform publication for the Australian mining sector with safety being the key priority. It is a communication channel within the Australian mining industry that exclusively focuses on safety products and services.
Slattery: Technology and safety hand in hand for BHP
Dec 6, 2024 · 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 told the audience Australia’s skills …
Rio Tinto safety system leads to million-tonne iron ore uplift
Oct 18, 2024 · Safe to Work is a high-quality, multi-platform publication for the Australian mining sector with safety being the key priority. It is a communication channel within the Australian mining industry that exclusively focuses on safety products and services.
How Rio Tinto stays fatality free - Safe To Work
Jan 17, 2024 · Mining giant Rio Tinto, which has operations all across the globe, has celebrated its fifth year in a row without a fatality. Safety occupied much of the spotlight in the company’s fourth quarter production results for 2023.
Looking Forwood to a safer future - Safe To Work
Jul 6, 2023 · Forwood’s CRM promotes proper safety practices by not letting workers cut corners. From 2012–20, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) member companies that had not implemented Forwood’s CRM suffered 792 workplace fatalities.
Glencore provide SafeWork 2.0 update - Safe To Work
May 26, 2023 · Coal major Glencore has published its 2022 sustainability report, which details its successful implementation of the relaunched SafeWork framework.. The SafeWork framework is risk-based and focuses on eliminating fatalities and serious injuries by identifying the hazards that can result in fatal incidents and developing life-saving behaviours and protocols to target them.
How to choose a cut and impact resistant glove - Safe To Work
May 30, 2024 · Safe to Work is a high-quality, multi-platform publication for the Australian mining sector with safety being the key priority. It is a communication channel within the Australian mining industry that exclusively focuses on safety products and services.