When Kiwi rugby player Jordan Taurima was killed at a worksite at Mount Isa Mines in 2013, no-one could have believed it. He, his wife and three sons were new to the area and they were keen to make a...
Category - Lifting & Loads
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration have released a report into a fatal mine accident where a maintainer was killed by a relief valve while jacking a shovel at a New Mexico mine on 6th March...
Police are preparing a report for the coroner following a fatal helicopter crash in South Australia’s far North at the OZ Minerals Carrapateena Mine. Police said that at about 10.50am, police...
Macmahon Mining services have been fined $375K for a fatal mining incident following an appeal against the original $75K fine by the NSW Attorney General. The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal upheld the...
Work on a cross-grade of an old bund has resulted in another dozer rollover at a mine and operators have been reminded to examine work areas and minimise cross-graded work before proceeding...
In a dangerous incident this week a 50-tonne crane rolled on a ramp at NSW mine after losing its’ brakes. The NSW Resources Regulator has reported that a 50-tonne slew crane rolled while...
A maintenance mineworker at a NSW coal mine has received a hard lesson in ensuring that correct load rated equipment for lifting and pulling equipment is applied after he broke a leg after a load...
A Rio Tinto subsidiary has been fined $70,000 after a fatality in 2011 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Department of Mines and Petroleum charged Pilbara Iron Company following the death...
The worker who died near Woodie Woodie mine in WA on Tuesday was killed while attempting to remove a belly plate from a dozer, according to the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP). DMP...
Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines was mentioned in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court yesterday, in relation to alleged safety breaches that led to the death of a contractor in March 2013. The company is...
