Heat stress is an escalating threat to miners as temperatures reach record highs, but the team at Bodytrak is rising to the challenge.
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Safety excellence recognised at the Australian Mining Prospect Awards
The 2023 Australian Mining Prospect Awards were held last week in Brisbane, celebrating the mining industry and those working in it who are going above and beyond.
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Market leading Swedish welding protection goes hand-in-hand
Speedglas welding helmets and GUIDE welding gloves can work perfectly in tandem to keep workers protected in the toughest environments.
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Don’t let darkness stop you
The Atlas Copco HiLight B5+ Light Tower is suitable for a wide range of applications including events, residential construction, road construction, temporary public lighting and oil and gas requirements.
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Safety-first approach drives remote dozer solution
For WesTrac, Rio Tinto and Caterpillar, this new tele-remote dozing system (TDS) at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations in Western Australia is wholly focused on operator safety.
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Wearable safety solutions for hazardous environments
Bodytrak, a leader in smart safety monitoring in the workplace, has announced the launch of its wearable product: Bodytrak 1 IS, one of the very few wearable devices in the safety sector to offer ATEX and IECEx compliance.
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‘Guarding by location’: Putting an end to the myth
A global leader in conveyor safety is disputing the idea that putting conveyor equipment out of reach or placed inconveniently away from workers – known as “guarding by location” – is a valid form of safety.
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Revolutionising safety through vehicle autonomy
Safety is key in the demanding world of mining, where the working environment is often hazardous and requires long shifts operating heavy equipment.
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Beat the heat, save lives with precise, real-time data
As temperatures surge, heatwaves claim more Australian lives than any other natural threat. In one year alone, studies in Australian mining unearthed 106 cases of heat exhaustion requiring medical intervention.
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Gold Fields deploys ABB technology
Gold Fields has begun using a comprehensive digital platform from ABB to coordinate production scheduling and execution across its Granny Smith mine in Western Australia.
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Why the newly implemented ABB OMS at Granny Smith is gold
A common challenge faced by miners is the disconnect between production scheduling and execution. Fortunately, this is a challenge that digitalisation can help resolve.
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Empowering safety and sustainability with innovative switchgear solutions
Zero harm remains the paramount objective within the Australian mining industry, taking centre stage at this year’s Future of Mining conference in Perth.
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Weathering a scorching summer with wearables
Bodytrak, a leader in wearable technology for physiological safety monitoring in the workplace, is revolutionising the approach to workplace safety and preventing incidents related to heat stress, fatigue and noise exposure.
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ROX Mining Parts: a new era has arrived
ROX Mining Parts is a division of the Bend-tech Group dedicated to the supply of open cut and underground machine replacement parts.
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Protect employees with a Tennant silica dust control solution
Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust is a natural material found in stone, rocks, sand, bricks, and clay. When these materials are manufactured, silica is released as fine dust into the air.
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Conveyor dust and spillage: the importance of skirtboard sealing systems
The global leader in belt conveyor accessories, Martin Engineering, designs products around safety to promote an efficient and clean working environment and part of that is manufacturing properly sealed conveyor chutes for bulk handling.
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How AI wearables are keeping workers safe
Almost half of all serious work compensation claims are for soft tissue injuries, but artificial intelligence (AI) could change that.
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Magellan X and Coolon announce strategic partnership
Magellan X and Coolon are pleased to announce they have entered a strategic partnership, combining Magellan X’s leading Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) software solutions, namely SOL-X Connected Worker Health and Safety, with Coolon’s Brilliant Connected Lights (BCL).
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New MultiTool Pro tool takes ELW to the next level
Australian-owned safety solutions company SafeGauge is launching its latest in heavy-vehicle maintenance technology.
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Sowing the seeds for health
Bowen Rail Company (BRC), a freight rail business for the mining industry, has given a grant to Queens Beach State School to liven up its kitchen garden.
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