Rick Duley BSc(Hons)

Lessons learned:

Western Australia's Mines go fatality-free in 2012

June 12, 2014

2012 saw Western Australian Mining go fatality-free — the first time in over a century of records. In fact, the industry fell only a few days short of making it two years in a row. Sadly there have been four fatalities since that golden run.

Heat, hydration, and heavyweight horrors

What lurks behind the thirst?

Rick Duley BSc(Hons)

March 28, 2013

People who have not been there are often incredulous that mining and construction workers in the north of Western Australia regularly do their shifts in temperatures hovering around 50°C.

They achieved the impossible

Western Australian resources industry makes year without fatality

Rick Duley BSc(Hons)

March 22, 2013

Resources companies in Western Australia have achieved what many have worked for but no one really believed would happen. In 2012 there were no fatal incidents in the industry.

They achieved the impossible

Western Australian resources industry makes year without fatality

Rick Duley BSc(Hons)

March 21, 2013

Resources companies in Western Australia have achieved what many have worked for but no-one really believed would happen.

Why do you make it tougher?

Let's make reasonable rules

Rick Duley BSc(Hons)

February 26, 2013

Being a Safety Advisor (OSHA) is not popular. Bosses hate you because you cost them money. Workers hate you because you nag them about earplugs and safety glasses. Everybody hates you because you are forever chasing compliance — chasing company compliance with Acts and Regulations; chasing worker compliance with site rules and practices; chasing, chasing, chasing.