Resources Safety & Health Queensland

🚨 Rockhampton HEART5 event postponed 🚨

The upcoming HEART5 event in Rockhampton (26–28 May) has been postponed.

For further information, please contact MDHSS on 1300 445 715.

Find all the upcoming HEART5 Mobile Health Unit events here www.rshq.qld.gov.au/lungcheck

⚠️Safety Alert - Fatality at quarry⚠️

RSHQ is investigating after a tragic loss of life in an incident involving a forklift at a quarry.

For initial information and safety advice, read the Safety Alert: www.rshq.qld.gov.au/safety-notices/mines/fatal-incident-involving-forklift-at-quarry-site

Have you booked your free lung check?

HEART5 is visiting regional communities next week to provide free lung checks for former Queensland mine and quarry workers.

Call 1300 445 715 or visit www.rshq.qld.gov.au/lungcheck for more information.

📍Kilcoy | 23 March
📍Kingaroy | 24 - 25 March

FLOOD WARNING: Make sure your gas equipment is safe!

Are you a former QLD mine or quarry worker in Mackay?

Book your free lung check on board HEART5

✅Examination with an RSHQ-approved doctor
✅Spirometry (lung function test)
✅Chest X-ray
✅CT scan (if required)

Call 1300 445 715 or visit www.rshq.qld.gov.au/lungcheck for more information.

Are you a former QLD mine or quarry worker?

The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit is on the move this March!

Book your free lung check –
📍Mackay | 16 - 19 March
📍Kilcoy | 23 March
📍Kingaroy | 24 - 25 March
📍Gympie | 26 - 27 March

Call 1300 445 715 or visit www.rshq.qld.gov.au/lungcheck for more information.

Finally finished your gas work certificate & starting your new career?

Apply for your interim gas work licence on the RSHQ Portal. It’s much simpler than your training was!

Learn more: https://www.rshq.qld.gov.au/rshq-portal

⚠️Safety Alert - Stored energy release ⚠️

A mine worker has been struck by a poly pipe which sprung out of the top of a U-shaped bull-horn attachment on an integrated-tool carrier basket after a release of stored energy.

📲For more information and learnings, please review the Safety Alert: www.rshq.qld.gov.au/safety-notices/mines/worker-struck-by-poly-pipe-after-release-of-stored-energy

Using the RSHQ Portal saves you time & money on compliance activities.

The Portal went live on 3 February. Don’t forget to use the email invitation we sent you to activate your new Portal account, follow the prompts & start saving.

Learn more: https://www.rshq.qld.gov.au/rshq-portal