On March 7, 2018, a welder was installing a caged ladder on a screening deck when the ladder suddenly fell, striking his hard hat. While sitting down on the walkway of the screening deck to recover...
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An excavator was working approx. 50 m from powerlines loading out from a stockpile. While tracking under the 11kv powerline to another stockpile, the boom contacted the overhead powerlines. This...
The NSW Resources Regulator is seeking experienced and enthusiastic presenters for the annual Electrical Engineering Safety Seminar on 7 and 8 November 2018 at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, Sydney. The...
More than 800 fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employees working in some of Australia’s remotest mines will soon benefit from a new mental health program launched this week for mining company Macmahon. ...
A structural engineering firm which drew up the plans for excavation works at a Mt Waverley construction site has been convicted and fined $380,000 after the pit collapsed, leaving homes teetering on...
Summary: Two workers were tasked with towing a lighting plant with a light vehicle. While in the process of hooking up the lighting plant to the light vehicle, the lighting plant’s boom was not...
Summary: One drill rig was stationary and drilling. A second drill rig was travelling forward to pass the stationary drill rig. Its offside front engine cowling was open. As it passed the stationary...
Summary: Two workers were calibrating a weather station and were lowering the mast. The mast has a pivot point (5 metres off the ground) to allow access to the equipment. One of the supporting wires...
Summary: The operator of a load haul dump vehicle alighted from the machine and noticed it was still moving. The operator re-entered the driver’s cabin and initiated the park brake, stopping the...
Summary: A section of the dam wall for a large tailings storage facility at a metalliferous mine failed, resulting in tailings material slumping through the failed section. The slumped material was...
