- 1. HIGH-TECH SAFETY
- (Features)
- Emerging technology can play a key role in mitigating workplace safety risks. By Mark S. Kuhar Australia’s resources and energy workforce could potentially exceed 300,000 as early as next year, ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 2. Recent developments in Australia/Oceania
- (Around the Region)
- ... respectful workplace culture. The report, prepared by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) as part of a collaborative project led by the Centre for Transformative Work Design based ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 3. DESIGNING FOR THE FUTURE BY INNOVATING THE PRESENT
- (Features)
- ... belt speed, operators quickly discover unanticipated problems in existing equipment and workplace safety. These problems are commonly indicated by a larger volume of spillage, increased dust emissions, ...
- Created on 28 September 2022
- 4. CLEARING THE AIR
- (Features)
- ... air. “Not all hazards in the workplace are visible. It’s important to identify if your work processes are creating hazards such as dusts, gases, fumes or vapours, that if inhaled can cause lung ...
- Created on 27 September 2022
- 5. Strata ups safety ante with BPAI acquisition
- (Latest)
- ... to improve workplace safety and reporting” at sites. At the core of the BPAI system are two camera technologies: a fixed-vision camera system that monitors people on foot in restricted zones, and a mobile ...
- Created on 30 August 2022
- 6. MINING TECHNOLOGY
- (Features)
- ... below the surface, present some of the biggest workplace safety and efficiency challenges because of the depths operators have to go to in order to obtain coal and minerals This is particularly ...
- Created on 28 June 2022
- 7. Komatsu to acquire Mine Site Technologies
- (Latest)
- ... for underground hard rock mining, creating new value for customers with the development of new equipment, processes and technologies that will help operations step forward to the next stage for the workplac ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 8. IMPROVING MINING SAFETY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
- (Features)
- ... care requirements and would be responsible for championing and owning their workplace safety. The next step in the safety journey was the introduction of onboard cameras that monitored operators in ...
- Created on 27 December 2021
- 9. Reassessing Safety
- (From the Editor)
- ... PM and the gaseous emissions in working environments. Whenever workplace threshold limit values are lowered, companies face challenges that require suitable measuring instruments and methods to reliably ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 10. Mining giants collaborate on creating safer workplaces
- (Latest)
- Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue have agreed to partner and fund innovative, industry-first learning programs as part of a continued commitment toward providing mining sector workplaces that are free from ...
- Created on 26 October 2021
- 11. Successful Conveying
- (Features)
- ... and cost from total belt replacement; safety hazards that could result in fines and the possibility of workplace injuries; and lost materials due to spillage from the mistracked belt. If caught early ...
- Created on 27 June 2021
- 12. Looking behind to look ahead
- (From the Editor)
- ... of the future. Analytics and artificial intelligence. Sustained shared social outcomes. Diversity and inclusion programs. Work, workers and the workplace. Digitising the supply chain. Decoding ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 13. RST helps Australian companies with dust suppression solutions
- (Latest)
- ... for Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) laws, has instructed Australia’s state governments to halve the occupational exposure limits (OEL) for silica dust to 0.05 mg/m3 and further reduce the OEL for other ...
- Created on 21 May 2020
- 14. Introducing Industry 5.0 the new-new
- (Leading Developments)
- ... machines. Neither industry 4.0 nor 5.0 intends to replace humans with machines. Instead, it intends to augment them. In turn, this increases task efficiency and reduces workplace injuries and fatigue. ...
- Created on 22 April 2020
- 15. INX Software shares enhanced solutions for business continuity, risk management
- (Latest)
- ... INX InControl workplace health and safety management solution is widely used in mining, oil and gas, engineering and construction industries to manage risk, events and incident reporting. Mandatory quarantine ...
- Created on 16 April 2020
- 16. Guideline for the implementation of autonomous systems in mining released
- (Leading Developments)
- ... creates new challenges, such as changes to the workforce and the workplace, their successful deployment adds definite value, with improved safety and efficiency and lower maintenance costs. This rapidly ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 17. PYBAR’s registered training organisation approved
- (Latest)
- ... immediately in the workplace across the full range of roles. “The establishment of the Australian Institute of Mining forms part of our commitment to the long-term sustainability of our business, supported ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 18. Three possible dust cases notified
- (Latest)
- ... controls were in place to minimise exposure risks to workers. The Resources Regulator has also supported SafeWork Australia’s recommendation to reduce the Australian Workplace Exposure Standard for respirable ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 19. Improving comms for remote industries
- (Asian Intelligence)
- ... black spot areas, with a cost effective telco plan. “With the remoteness of Australian workplaces, satellite phones are an essential communication channel, but the cost per minute to talk is generally ...
- Created on 11 July 2017
- 20. Dewatering a vital part of mining
- (Exploration News)
- ... contribute positively to workplace safety, and enable lower operating costs. “Our goals in this area align with our wider environmental, health and safety ambitions – to help our customers improve the ...
- Created on 04 April 2017