Workplace fatalities are tragic and devastating events. In order to reflect the seriousness of these incidents, some jurisdictions across Australia have amended their work health and safety laws to establish the offence of industrial manslaughter, where the negligent conduct by a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) or officers causes the death of a worker.
The Western Australian Government has followed the lead of Australia’s eastern states to deliver new workplace exposure standards for silica and coal dust.
The 2020 IQ Caernarfon Award recipient Sean Taylor will be presenting on his company’s Say Again? campaign to all Institute of Quarrying branches across the globe in a live webinar on 9 November.
Safe Work Australia has released updated work health and safety statistics, which compiles national data on all workers and bystanders injured at work.
Researchers from Japan’s Kanazawa University have found a method for identifying the sources of particulate matter.
Safe Work Australia has published a checklist and further information to assist in updated workplace exposure standards for respirable crystalline silica.
Lung health checks and harsher dust limits for quarries and mines have taken effect in Queensland to prevent industry-specific diseases such as respirable crystalline silica.
Earth Resources Regulation has made changes to the compliance activities of quarries and mines across Victoria as part of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
A new list of compliance priorities from the NSW Resources Regulator have been announced for the rest of 2020 to tackle safety in the extractive, petroleum and mining industries.
As part of an educational session for the quarrying industry, forensic structural engineer Dr Sean Brady has presented his recommendations on how the industry can reduce its fatality, serious accident and high potential incident rates.