THE West Australian safety authorities will no longer issue improvement notices to BHP Billiton if they find safety problems during inspections, saying any breaches will force the worksite to halt work.
07/04/2009
BHP Billiton reports that a fatality occurred at its Cannington operation in north-west Queensland at 11am on the 17th of January 2008.
18/01/2008
SAFEWORK SA says it is investigating the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam mine incident.
09/10/2009
THE AWU and politicians are calling for BHP’s Western Australian operations to be shut down, after a scaffolding contractor died on 18 March 2009 at its Mt Whaleback mine.
23/03/2009
A MAN has been killed in an industrial accident at BHP’s Yandi iron ore mine, shutting down the Pilbara facility.
27/08/2008
BHP Billiton has suspended its iron ore operations in Western Australia, following a second fatality at the Yandi mine in two weeks.
05/09/2008
KONECRANES says it has successfully upgraded the safety standard of BHP Billiton's cranes and hoists.
02/02/2009
PARTS of BHP Billiton’s Perseverance nickel mine in Western Australia closed after a rock fall on 29 June 2009, the second at that mine in three weeks.
01/07/2009
BHP Billiton says rescuers have recovered a miner who was trapped by a rock fall for more than 15 hours at its Nickel West Perseverance mine in Western Australia.
12/06/2009
BHP Billiton says it is assessing damages after its Nelson Point port facilities on the Port Hedland harbour caught on fire on 13 March 2008.
14/03/2008
INDUSTREA will be providing $10.71m worth of mining productivity and safety equipment to BHP Billiton www.bhpbilliton.com mines in South Africa.
22/01/2009
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)’s Crinum mine has won a competition which tested mines personnel on their hazardous gas analysis skills.
09/04/2008
INDUSTREA has signed a $5.4m contract with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance to supply its CAS-CAM/RF collision avoidance system to BMA’s mines.
01/06/2009
A MINE worker has been fined for an incident in which his colleague was killed after the man basket he was in detached from a carriage and fell to the ground.
07/10/2008
QUEENSLAND Parliament has introduced legislation aiming to make the state’s mines safer.
30/04/2008
THE newly-formed Mines and Major Hazard Facilities team (MMHF) from SafeWork SA has hosted its first conference in South Australia.
18/03/2008