“This year’s conference will focus on how we can provide the tools and deliver the mindset to keep the workplace safe and healthy,” Queensland Mine Safety and Health Commissioner and conference chairman Stewart Bell said.
“While the lost-time injury frequency rate continues to improve, fatalities are still occurring and this is unacceptable. Industry, government and unions must strive harder toward our shared goal of zero harm.”
Special guests at this year’s conference include scientist and science broadcaster Karl Kruszelnicki, who will chair the safety innovations awards judging, and SBS’s Jenny Brockie, who will facilitate a panel session on raising the bar to achieve zero harm.
Papers will be presented on a huge range of topics, from leadership and safety to fitness for work policies and design improvements for mining equipment.
The conference starts on Sunday, August 23, and continues until Wednesday. It is hosted jointly by the Queensland government, the Queensland Resources Council and mining unions CFMEU and AWU.
