A remote employee repeatedly had an unlawful relationship with a coworker, a judge found. The District Court of Western Australia recently convicted Jonathan David Small of raping a female colleague while rostered off on 13 July 2020. The former BHP...
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Two employee fatalities in seven months were not enough to dent a mining services company’s health and safety culture, investigators said. Metarock Group recently reviewed organisational safety...
Hammersley Chemicals is a progressive company that is continually researching and finding ways to create products that offer the end user a more responsible choice when it comes to safety and the...
A multinational resources company paid for the world’s first equipment that frees workers trapped beneath the surface. Anglo American recently invested $2.3 million in the Queensland Mines...
A multinational mining company was sought to compensate an employee who suffered a respiratory injury at work. Kylie Anne Bresnehan recently sued Rio Tinto and Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun for more than $2...
A metal bar flew across a work area and pierced through heavy equipment. Authorities recently investigated how a hydraulic porta pack propelled a rod with so much force it easily penetrated a machine...
Earth material became loose and caused part of a heavy vehicle to drop without notice. A highwall section recently collapsed, sending a large volume of rocks onto a dump truck below at an undisclosed...
In our industry, dust has always been an issue. Its presence has always been a huge problem, whether it comes from roads, transfer points, mining processes, or cement processes, and dealing with it...
A foreign mining company celebrated the outcome of smart equipment testing at a coal operation. A Chinese state-run subsidiary of Shendong Coal recently declared its intelligent mining technology is...
Building material shattered and fatally struck a worker who was inside a structure several metres away. A team leader died from shrapnel that became airborne and penetrated a storage shelter he was...
A multinational resources company will not remunerate offshore employees until they accept negotiated pay and conditions. Shell Group recently decided to stop paying workers at the Prelude Floating...
A mine employee needed urgent medical attention after being sidetracked during a heavy machinery manoeuvre. An excavator operator recently spent several days in hospital due to a serious accident...
A multinational mining company was penalised for failing to prevent a vehicle from falling into a cavity. Golden Grove Operations recently pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment...
