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Seminar

The second annual Mining Engineering Manager Safety Seminar (MEMSS) was held on the 12-13 October 2022 in Sydney. The seminar was well

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The Regulator has released an animation and investigation report detailing a dangerous incident at Attunga Limestone Mine in which a worker

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Consultation

The NSW Government is proposing safety measures that will strengthen the current regulation of ammonium nitrate storage. The measures would

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Competence

Dates for 2023 Certificate of Competence exams are now available . Updates include: The new WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022

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Compliance

The Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022 prescribes that Departmental Approved Plant, often referred to as

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Safety

Better Regulation is progressing a series of amendments to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017, which start on 1 October 2022. They

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Investigation

The Resources Regulator has released its Investigation Report into an incident in which a worker was seriously injured at Myuna Colliery, an

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Consultation

Currently the Regulator hosts 3 separate 2-day safety seminars each year to engage with industry and provide education to mine operators and

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The Resources Regulator small mines team works across NSW rolling out regulatory programs suited to operators of quarries and opal mines

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We have released our causal investigation report into an incident in May at Peak Gold Mine when there was an unexpected initiation of

Peak Gold Mine causal investigation

Please join us at the 2nd Mining Engineering Managers’ Safety Seminar (MEMMS) on 12–13 October, 2022 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth. This

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With the commencement of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation on 1 September 2022, the class exemption has been

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