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The Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference (QMIHSC) has released the second in a series of five short videos designed to help mine operators communicate critical safety and health information to their workers.
The video was launched at the four-day QMIHSC event which took place between 21-24 August, and hosted more than 1,000 leading health and safety professionals and operators both in person and online to share industry leading health and safety practices and perspectives.
QMIHSC Chair, Larnie Mackay, said the video has been created to assist mine operators, senior and supervisory positions as well as mine workers and contractors to understand the health and safety legislation, their obligations and how to discharge them in a practical sense.
“The legislation is here to protect the safety and health of everyone at a mine and to ensure the risk of injury or illness from operations is at a low level. This video is intended to communicate this aim,” Ms Mackay said.
“Queensland’s mining industry’s core value and commitment is the safety, health and psychological wellbeing of its workforce, where everyone who goes to work returns home safe and healthy.
“We can continue to maintain our health and safety focus by reminding ourselves of the lessons of the past, ensuring they become part of our DNA, as well as looking towards the future.”
Mine Safety Institute of Australia has produced the first in a series of short videos, called Mining Safety and Health Legislation, sponsored by the Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference.
The video can be viewed here.
Ms Mackay said the video can be watched by all mine workers and used in toolbox talks to better understand critical mine safety and health practices that protect miners.
“This series of videos follow from the 2007 video production – Make Safety Their Monument – which recapped Queensland’s past mine disasters and the lessons learnt from those terrible mining accidents,” Ms Mackay said.
“These video productions are just one way this important conference supports the Queensland mining industry in the pursuit of an industry free of serious harm.”
The first video of the series was launched in February this year, covering the history of mining health and safety. Other videos in the series include (yet to be developed):
- Mining Safety and Risk Management
- Surface Mining Hazards
- Underground Mining Hazards
In the coming year, the resources industry will gather again for the annual QMIHS Conference which will be held in August 2023, to continue to share and learn about contemporary health and safety practices and perspectives.
