Paige Taylor Counsell sent this selfie to family after passing a test to drive trucks underground.A total of 23,695 days were lost through occupational injuries on WA mines last financial year, the report said.
Mr Chaplyn said there had been an increase in the contract workforce, with 58 per cent of reported work hours attributed to contractors. In one case from April 2021, a boilermaker was treated for burns to his leg after his trousers caught on fire while he was oxy-cutting a nut off the inside of an apron feeder.New workplace laws introduced
Insurance will no longer cover penalties, ensuring that senior management are held accountable for their actions and are responsible for financial penalties.Bill Johnston, the Minister for Mines and Industrial Relations, said the laws brought WA into line with other states and territories.
Nationalise this Australian corporate disgrace.
Another dangerous job, I'm sure the employee's are doing their best to keep themselves and others safe.
The safety protocols in mining is really high it’s talked about time and time again but when you work 80 plus hours a week fatigue can take effect, Shit can get hairy in a milia second and with machines weighing 100s of tonnes outcomes to humans can be deadly
What do expect we work we don't sit around all day in a inner city coffee shop drinking latte and complaining about a paper cut.
Dear ABC, could you please give us the death, and serious injury, rates of other industries involving machinery, and manual labour, for comparison.