The New South Wales Resources Regulator is bringing quarry operators and managers together to learn and discuss at the 2022 Small Mines Roadshow from February to April.
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What does chronic unease look like in practice?
Accidents don’t just happen when things are going badly; they often happen when things appear to be going well. Jodi Goodall, of Brady Heywood, explains the concept of chronic unease in high hazard industries like quarrying, and how it can be applied in practice.
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IQA seminar highlights proactive, preventative approaches to safety
The Institute of Quarrying Australia’s Queensland branch held its second health and safety seminar in Queensland on 10 November to promote further dialogue about ways to improve the industry’s approach to work health and safety issues.
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Safety first: Australian statistics on display by SWA
Safe Work Australia (SWA) has released its key work health and safety statistics for Australia in 2021 with fatalities halved since 2007 across all industries.
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Revisiting the key messages from the Brady Review
Jodi Goodall, of Brady Heywood, reviews some of the key concepts and learnings that arose out of a comprehensive review of fatal accidents in Queensland mines and quarries released in early 2020 – and why quarries should heed those learnings.
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Learning from disasters: Recognising the signs
A course being run by the IQA on behalf of the NSW Resources Regulator is educating quarry professionals to recognise the underlying causes of past safety incidents in their own operations.
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As heatwaves become more extreme, which jobs are riskiest?
Heat is more dangerous than the cold in most Australian regions. About two per cent of deaths in Australia between 2006 and 2017 were associated with the heat, and the estimate increases to more than four per cent in the nation’s northern and central parts.
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Komatsu Australia MD presents inclusion, diversity campaign to IQs worldwide
Komatsu Australia managing director Sean Taylor has presented a webinar about his company’s Say Again campaign to a global network of Institute of Quarrying branches.
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Machinery operators, drivers faced highest number of workplace fatalities in 2019
Safe Work Australia has released updated work health and safety statistics, which compiles national data on all workers and bystanders injured at work.
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Quarrying workplace permissions explained amid Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions
In a week of industry confusion, the Victorian Government has released an amended version of its Stage 4 COVID-19 restrictions for workplaces in metropolitan Melbourne.
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