mining safety

Employee hygiene, physical and mental health and overall wellness are set to escalate in importance following the coronavirus pandemic.

Leading miners BHP, Teck Resources and Roy Hill have helped drive a project to develop a guideline for automation systems that could help to improve safety in the mining workplace.

The Responsible Mining Index (RMI) 2018 assessment has found that many large-scale miners have introduced innovative practices and engaged with partners on responsible mining.

The Queensland Mines Inspectorate is working with underground coal mines to proactively reduce personal diesel particulate matter exposure.

More than half (53 per cent) of mining workers believe that OHS rules are “over the top”, a recent Mining People Polling and Media Centre survey shows.

The amount of mining fatalities among 28 of the world’s 40 largest miners which disclosed their safety statistics has reduced by 37 per cent.