RESEARCH THEME

 

Health and safety

 

 Research programs and groups

Gaps in the Understanding and Management of Particulates: research group in the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre

Human Aspects of Mining Automation: research group in the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre

 Highlight projects

RISKGATE: on-line body of knowledge providing event-specific controls for people who conduct and/or develop risk assessments, audits, incident investigations and management systems.

 


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  • Breath of Life

    Professor David Cliff is working to help stop deadly black lung disease before it begins. Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP), or black lung, is a potentially fatal, irreversible lung disease caused by breathing in coal mine dust. The culprit is respirable dust released during mining, which contains coal and other mineral particles that are small enough to be breathed deep into the lungs, where they can block air passages and cause scarring of lung tissue.