Safety Zone

  • Complete the Survey for a chance to win an Ipad!

    If you have been randomly selected by the ACE-S team to participate in the Australian Coal and Energy Survey (ACE-S), and haven’t sent back your completed questionnaires, please don’t forget to do so now.
    The survey is well under way. Members from across Australia are using the opportunity to give us their feedback on how work conditions are effecting them and their families—both positively and negatively.
    ACE-S is funded by the Australian Research Council and the CFMEU-Mining, and is being conducted independently by a team of experts from Griffith University.  The research team are keen to make the results as representative of the views of the membership as possible, and THERE IS STILL TIME to send your views in.

    30/11/2011
  • Mining Accident News

    Mining accident news summarised from around the globe. Edited by Mark Freeman of the NSW Department of Industry and Investment.

    No. 1128

    No. 1129

    No. 1130 - not received

    No. 1131

    29/11/2011
  • Mining Accident News

    Mining accident news summarised from around the globe. Edited by Mark Freeman of the NSW Department of Industry and Investment.

    No. 1125

    No. 1126

    No. 1127

    13/10/2011
  • CFMEU backs world’s largest long-term safety study of coal and energy workers in Australia

    The world’s largest long-term study of coal miners and energy workers is underway.  A CFMEU-sponsored university project is looking at wellbeing in coal mining communities.

    29/08/2011
  • Rush on national mine safety laws puts current safeguards at risk

    Consultation time on new national safety laws has been slashed from six months to eight weeks, exposing mineworkers to the likelihood that some state safety regulations will be watered down unnoticed.

    Of major concern to the CFMEU Mining Union are reductions for air and methane monitoring, escape ways not adequately provided, the banning of breathing apparatus – currently the only rescue equipment available, the reduction of inundation/inrush rules and no provision for ventilation officers.

    25/08/2011
  • Mining Accident News

    Mining accident news summarised from around the globe. Edited by Mark Freeman of the NSW Department of Industry and Investment.

    No. 1124

    23/08/2011
  • Qld - Serious accidents and high potential incidents

    June 2011 compilation of accidents and incidents from the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland.

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    09/08/2011
  • NSW Safety Alert

    SA11-09

    Stockpile dozer lodged in reclaim valve

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    09/08/2011
  • Mining Accident News

    Mining Accident News summarised from around the globe. Edited by Mark Freeman of the NSW Department of Industry and Investment.

    No 1122

    No 1123

    09/08/2011
  • Qld Mine Safety Alerts

    From the Mines Inspectorate

    15 July 2011

    Longwall fluid-injection injury

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    From the Office of the Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health

    26 July 2011

    Proximity-detection systems - selecting the right one for your mine site

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    01/08/2011