Commissioner for Resources Safety & Health
Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health
The Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health is an impartial, independent and expert advisor to the Minister on matters relating to protecting the safety and health of workers in Queensland’s resources industries.
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High reliability organisations in practice – Resources Safety and Health Matters video series
09 November 2021
A new video released by the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health discusses what the application of high reliability organisation (HRO) theory looks like in practice.
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Becoming a high reliability organisation – Resources Safety and Health Matters video series
06 October 2021
Many organisations in the Queensland resources industry are currently considering the question: How does an organisation become a high reliability organisation (HRO)?
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Resources Safety and Health Matters video series launched
10 August 2021
A new video series which explores current safety and health issues in Queensland’s resources industry was launched today by the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health.
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Remembering the Box Flat mine disaster
03 August 2021
On 31 July 1972 at 2.47 am, 17 miners were killed in an explosion at the Box Flat coal mine in Swanbank near Ipswich. Another man lost his life 14 months after...
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New research provides roadmap to developing HRO characteristics
29 April 2021
Organisations aspiring to develop the characteristics of high reliability organisations (HROs) must focus their efforts on cultivating the appropriate environment and behaviours that will enable these characteristics to emerge.
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Mines rescue talent on display at Kestrel Mine in Central Queensland
23 April 2021
The best underground coal mines rescue talent in the state was on display recently at the Queensland Mines Rescue Service Memorial Cup 2021.
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The University of Queensland to hold forum on high reliability organisations
11 March 2021
Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health supports The University of Queensland's expert forum on the subject of high reliability organisations.
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Merry Christmas from the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health
21 December 2020
Wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy new year from the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health Kate du Preez.