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Collapsed mast

Machinery falls and crushes employee to death

Load lifting equipment became unbalanced and fatally struck a worker. Authorities recently examined how a forklift mast weighing up to 2.7 tonnes topped and fell onto a technician performing...

Komatsu Toyota driverless vehicles

New mine vehicle automation project approved

Autonomous and automotive manufacturing multinationals will develop new driverless technology. Komatsu and the Toyota Motor Corporation recently revealed they would make autonomous light vehicles for...

Neville Williams

Qld coal worker celebrates 50 years of service

A Central Queenslander spent half a century at a mining operation in the Isaac region. Neville Williams recently celebrated 50 years of service at BHP’s Goonyella Riverside Coal Mine, 207km...

Alcoa safe walkway

Mining giants approve new supply deal

Major mineral producers recently decided to work together for the next eight years. US-headquartered Alcoa and Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) confirmed they reached a new supply...

Broken pipe

Employer blamed for worker crushed to death

A national contractor failed to maintain a safe employment environment, killing a team member on the job. Hansen Yuncken recently entered into an enforceable undertaking after two large steel pipes...