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Fatality not work-related

… First aid was administered by mine workers and later by NSW Ambulance, however, attempts … Regulator investigated the incident and considers the death of the worker to be non-work-related. For more information view the  …

Have your say: evaluating the practising certificate maintenance of competence scheme requirements

… for certain safety-critical roles under the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 …

Causal investigation report: Collapse of shaft collar

… The mine had foreseen the risk of inrush and to eliminate or minimise the risk had … an inrush control zone underground while work was being undertaken to sink the shaft. …

Open cut coal mine worker contracts coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

… the worker’s condition is related to his work as a coal miner. However, it cannot …

Stay heat safe on mine sites

… can cause severe illness, hospital admission and even death. Before, during and after a … operators are required to manage the risk to health and safety associated with extremes of … at the mine in areas where a person may work or travel, and where the wet-bulb …

Media release

… Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd convicted and fined following death of mine worker (PDF, … $480,000 for a breach of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 following the death …

On 21 October 2021, the NSW District Court convicted and fined Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd $480,000 for a breach of section 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 following the death of a mine worker near Cobar in western NSW
Media release

… Burgess Earthmoving convicted and fined for breaches of WHS laws (PDF, 106.09 … under section 32 (Category 2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to …

On 29 October 2021, the NSW District Court convicted and fined Burgess Earthmoving Pty Ltd (BEPL) a total of $180,000 for two offences under section 32 (Category 2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for failing to comply with duties required by secti
General

… is committed to building safer communities and continued improvement in work health and safety performance. … Mine Safety

The NSW Government is committed to building safer communities and continued improvement in work health and safety performance.