Top of page

Student/Staff Portal
Global Site Navigation

School of Business and Law

Local Section Navigation
You are here: Main Content

Related Contents

Towards Safe and Mentally Healthy Work in Mining

Supervisors

Professor Tim Bentley and Associate Professor Kate Blackwood

Abstract

Fostering mentally healthy workplaces is a serious challenge facing the mining sector in Australia. Prioritisation of the issue is driven largely by two recent developments: 1) the inclusion of psychosocial hazards within work health and safety regulations, and 2) public reports exposing troubling rates of sexual harassment in Western Australia’s mine sites. In response to this, the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS) established the Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Program, funding a range of initiatives to improve culture and respect in the mining industry. ECU’s MARS Centre is one of those initiatives, responsible for supporting the industry with cutting-edge research on creating mentally healthy mining workplaces, building a culture of safety and respect, and preparing the sector for workplace safety in the future. The MARS Centre welcomes strong PhD research proposals in these areas.

Refer to PDF for further information.

Skip to top of page