Tahmoor Mine has re-opened over the weekend. The re-opening follows a six week investigation into a significant safety related incident and rescue operation where two men were trapped in a cage for...
Category - Incident Prevention/Mitigation
It seems almost incomprehensible that the process of calibrating a gas detector would cost an underground miner his life…but it did. This is the tragic story of Paul Maguire who died at work at...
MANGOOLA Coal Operations will pay more than $464,000 as an alternative to potential prosecution over a 2016 mining incident where broken bolts resulted in a cab falling from a 250 tonne Leibherr...
Last year 191 Australians lost their lives as a result of their employment and a further 106,000 made claims for serious injuries says Safe Work Australia. October is National Safe Work Month, and...
INDUSTRY REMINDER – Boilermaker dies in gantry collapse Shutdowns across the mining industry attribute to a range of safety related incidents. Unfortunately, sometimes these incidents result in...
Summary: A dangerous incident occurred at a mine when an articulated dump truck park brake failed to hold a truck when it was stopped, about to tip a load. The loaded truck rolled forward about 50 m...
How good are you at identifying a mining hazard? Mining safety researchers from the USA based National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health have developed an online assessment to test your...
Mine Safety Alert NZ: While reversing to tip his load on a stockpile, the driver of an ADT was partially blinded by sunlight and reversed up onto the edge of the stockpile. This made the loaded body...
Safety Institute of Australia Machinery operators and drivers had the highest fatality rate in 2017 at 7.1 fatalities per 100,000 workers, followed by labourers (4.6) and managers (1.7), according to...
Safety Institute of Australia Whilst there are many subtle differences between ISO 18001, AS/NZS 4801 and ISO 45001, there are a number of key changes which will potentially impact organisations...
Two men who were reported to have been stuck in a coal mine near Sydney have been rescued. The men, at the Tahmoor Colliery, near Bargo River Dr and Remembrance Dr, Tahmoor, were trapped up to 160m...
Mining Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01367 A mining dangerous incident has occurred. Summary: An excavator rolled onto its side when the ground gave way under the right-hand track. At the time...
