Underground operator struck on the head by a high pressure air line
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Mines safety alert – Fatality involving an articulated dump truck
In order to conduct maintenance, a worker needed to remove guards from the tail drum of a conveyor. There was a lot of spillages built up inside the guard. As the worker removed the second guard all...
The NSW Resources Regulator in collaboration with NSW Fisheries and the NSW Police Force has investigated an incident of alleged illegal fossicking using a power-operated dredge in the Meroo River...
Safety management kit for small-scale mines, quarries and extractive industry operations
Following a 2017 review of incident data that showed a consistently high number of fires occurring on mobile plant each month the regulator initiated a project to provide useful data to industry...
Clause 179 of the Work Health and Safety (Mine and Petroleum sites) Regulation 2014 prescribes dangerous incidents for the purposes of section 14(c) of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum...
Practising certificate applications are now open for the following statutory function: Quarry manager – conditioned to exercise at a specific mine (previously called production manager permit) If you...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01344 Summary: A trespasser entered a mine site and fell down an embankment suffering head, rib and ankle injuries. Recommendations to industry: Mines should review site...
Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01345 Summary: A worker was installing scaffold about 11 m above the ground when a 1.5 m piece of scaffold was dropped. As it fell, it ricocheted down a staircase...
