| | Comparison of the Australian and South African Mining Engineering Courses
Carmel Bofinger, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, The University of Queensland
The mapping of the undergraduate mining engineering... More>>
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| | Comparative Safety Statistics for Mobile Equipment Operators at Hail Creek Mine
John Coughlan, Manager Mining – RTCA Hail Creek Mine
Hail Creek Mine commenced operations in 2003. At that time a strategic decision was taken to... More>>
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| | "You're Stressing Me Out"
Cameron Dean, McCullough Robertson Lawyers and Andrew See, Barrister at Law
In this presentation, I will examine the legal requirements for... More>>
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| | Addressing The Compliance Challenge
Gerry Gibb, Gerard Harber and Joanne De Landre – Safetywise Systems
Maintaining regulatory compliance is a key challenge faced by all... More>>
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| | Issues in use of inertisation of fires in Australian mines
A. D. S. Gillies and H. W. Wu, Gillies Wu Mining Technology Pty Ltd
An ACARP funded research project has been examining use and potential... More>>
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| | Training new professionals, Providing a clear & comprehensive path forward for Employer and Employee
Karissa Grenfell. Xstrata
The current mining boom has sparked a shortage of professionals, particularly geologists, within the mining industry... More>>
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| | Methodology in assessing long-term respiratory risk in longwall miners
Bruce Ham, Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University
A study to examine respiratory disorder risk in... More>>
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| | Mine Wide Risk Assessment – What is the State of your Arteries
L.Human, J Doolan and L Potts – Xstrata Zinc
A geotechnical mine wide risk management approach is presented for the systematic inspection,... More>>
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| | Diesel Particulate Matter in Queensland’s underground metal mines
Gavin Irving
In January 2005, Simtars commenced a diesel particulate matter (DPM) monitoring program of underground metalliferous mining... More>>
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| | Pre-Employment and Periodic Functional Testing: A Review of the Evidence
Ms Jenny Legge and Assoc Prof Robin Burgess - Limerick
Functional testing has traditionally been the realm of therapists involved in end-stage... More>>
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| | Communication and training for informal risk assessment
Sue Leveritt, Minerals Industry Safety & Health Centre (MISHC)
With the current upturn in minerals industry production, there is considerable... More>>
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| | Contractors' obligations with drug and alcohol policies
John Lunny (Partner), Jeremy Cousins (Senior Associate), Phillips Fox
Drug and alcohol policies, for obvious reasons, are commonplace in the... More>>
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| | Coal Industry Transportability Scheme (CITS)
Tony Mapp of the MI Skills Centre
The concept of transportable coal competencies had been on the Queensland Coal Industry training agenda for a... More>>
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| | Delivering and Evaluating Effective Health Promotion Programming
Dr Shirley Musich, University of Michigan and Jackie Zelinsky, Australian Health Management Group
Occupational Health and Safety is of major... More>>
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| | Behavioural-Based Safety in the Minerals Industry: A Research Based Methodology Carried out in the Uk Quarrying Sector
Anam Parand & Dr. Patrick Foster
Behavioural-based safety (BBS) initiatives have proved to be successful across a wide variety of industries,... More>>
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| | A five factor measure of safety culture
Peter Smith and Craig Garret, (Faculty of Science, Engineering & Health, Cental Queensland University) and Daryl Calvert (BHP Billiton Mitsubishi... More>>
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| | Safety and Health Legislation – Five Year Review – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Matthew Smith, Sparke Helmore
Safety in the Queensland mining industry is regulated by four key pieces of legislation
» Coal Mining Safety and... More>>
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| | Health & Wellness Promotion in Rural Blue Collar Industries…
Andrea Sparrow (Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist)
Research reveals an over representation of lifestyle related health problems within... More>>
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| | Positive Development for Female Geologists at George Fisher Mine, Mount Isa,
Trowbridge, Bek
The mining industry is historically male-dominated and culturally entrenched with a longstanding reputation for excluding women. More>>
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| | What Happens if there is a Mining Fatality in Queensland
Laurie Verra, Coroner; John Tate, a Barrister who appears regularly as Counsel Assisting the Coroner; and Julie Dryden, an Inspector of... More>>
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| | Risk Assessment System Utilised at the George Fisher Mine For Lateral and Vertical Development
V. Clay Wittchen
Risk management is the foundation of the Queensland Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2001 as highlighted by the... More>>
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