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Our stories
Health and wellbeing
high on the Pilbara’s
bucket list
It’s not every day you see a “When BHP approached us with
giant pink, blue or rainbow-
coloured excavator bucket refreshing the excavator buckets to
digging up rocks in the recognise and celebrate diversity and
Pilbara – BHP’s premier iron
ore mining district. But that’s inclusion at site and the surrounding
exactly what happened communities, the whole team was
across its Western Australia
Iron Ore (WAIO) operations excited to be involved.”
in November 2019 as part
of an innovative health and Trent Wehr, Managing Director, Mining, Liebherr-Australia
wellbeing initiative.
BHP joined forces with its long- “BHP is committed to the health technological advances in the
standing supply partner, Liebherr, and wellbeing of our employees, resources industry and beyond.
to add a splash of colour to three of contractors and local communities Trent Wehr, Managing Director,
its refurbished excavator buckets to where we operate, and we were Mining, Liebherr-Australia, said they
help shine the spotlight on breast thrilled to work closely with Liebherr were excited to take part in this
cancer awareness, Beyond Blue to bring this innovative idea to life at initiative.
and men’s mental health, as well as site,” said Samuel.
Jasper, BHP’s employee inclusion “The buckets were really striking “When BHP approached us with
group for the Company’s lesbian, against the backdrop of the red refreshing the excavator buckets
gay, bisexual, transgender and and rocky terrain at site, and have to recognise and celebrate
others (LGBT+) community and certainly started many important diversity and inclusion at site and
its allies. conversations since.” the surrounding communities,
Samuel Cook, Superintendent at Liebherr is one of the world’s largest the whole team was excited to be
involved,” said Trent.
BHP’s Maintenance and Engineering manufacturers of construction
Centre of Excellence in Perth said machinery and has helped shape
they have generated many great
discussions.
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