Mining health and safety
Mining health and safety
The health and safety of people working in mining is a shared commitment of everybody in the resources sector.
This includes physical health and safety, but also ensuring people's mental wellbeing.
Explore our collection of health and safety content to learn more about this critical topic.
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The state of safety culture—how does mining stack up?
A recent study has revealed key opportunities for driving a positive safety culture in the mining sector, and identified areas for improvement for organisations seeking to strengthen their performance.
COVID-19 Webinar – Resources sector update: An OHS perspective
AusIMM hosted a live webinar on Tuesday 7 April 2020 which focussed on the impacts COVID-19 is having on the resources sector from an occupational health and safety (OHS) perspective.
Facilitated by Mark Noppe, Managing Director of SRK Consulting, the webinar featured a panel discussion with Bobbie Foot, Head, Health and Safety Environment, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance; Rebecca Tomkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service WA; and Nikky LaBranche, Research Manager – OHS, Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Other health and safety recommended reading
Safety: Our most vital resource
AusIMM Bulletin, March 2019
As professionals, we all have a responsibility to be safety leaders and to foster a safe workplace for every worker in the resources sector.
As professionals, we all have a responsibility to be safety leaders and to foster a safe workplace for every worker in the resources sector.
Professional perspectives: health and safety
AusIMM Bulletin, June 2019
We asked four professionals; How do you embed health and safety practices into your everyday work life?
We asked four professionals; How do you embed health and safety practices into your everyday work life?
The neuroscience of personal safety
AusIMM Bulletin, October 2017
This article is the AusIMM Bulletin’s most read article on health and safety. Cristian Sylvestre asks: why do so many people still get hurt at work even though we do so much to try and keep them safe?
This article is the AusIMM Bulletin’s most read article on health and safety. Cristian Sylvestre asks: why do so many people still get hurt at work even though we do so much to try and keep them safe?