Risk Mitigation

Crane codes are tightening as new rules demand real competency with dogging prerequisites machine specific licences and smarter inspections

When it comes to crane safety, a licence card in your wallet doesn’t necessarily mean you’re competent – and that uncomfortable truth sat at the heart of a recent presentation to the NSW Resources Regulator’s 33rd Mechanical Engineering Safety Seminar in Sydney.

Underground mining contractor fined $540,000 after fatal rock fall at Kambalda mine

An underground mining contractor has been fined $540,000 after a rock fall at the Hamlet Underground Gold Mine near Kambalda killed a driller and injured a probationary offsider.

Bengalla proves safety works best when leaders build trust, cut clutter and give frontline crews the power to shape safer outcomes together

When Bengalla Mining Company lost tyre fitter Quinten Moore in 2018, the tragedy forced a deep reckoning: could leadership and supervision be strengthened to ensure safer outcomes? For Bengalla, the answer was not only yes, but essential.