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Author - Richard Szabo

Richard Szabo is an award-winning editor with more than 15 years' experience in news writing at mainstream and niche media organisations. He has a specialty in mining and business reporting.

Dendrobium coal mine

Employer investigates injured coal worker

A multinational mineral producer will examine how a coal employee became hurt on the job. Authorities are trying to determine circumstances surrounding a female worker at South32’s Dendrobium...

Queensland light vehicle accidents

Qld heavy machines collide, run over utes

Heavy mobile equipment (HME) operators crashed into and severely damaged multiple light vehicles at Queensland mines. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) recently investigated two high...

Truck and dozer collision

Coal mine truck crashes into lighter vehicle

A heavy vehicle operator collided with much smaller machinery at an undisclosed open-cut coal operation. A dump truck driver recently became unable to see a dozer parked behind him next to a windrow...

Compactor pins worker

Equipment falls and pins worker

Authorities investigated how light machinery overturned and crushed an employee. WorkSafe officials recently examined what circumstances led to a 2.7 tonne utility compactor falling off a tilt tray...

Dozer death

Mining boss dies in freak machine accident

A resources decision-maker suffered fatal consequences after a momentary lapse of judgement. A mine manager recently passed away from an abrupt machine accident at the Wooten operation, 258km...