Colleagues and loved ones are reeling from an underground worker’s death. An operator became the fourth workplace fatality this financial year at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Tshepong...
Category - Machinery
A mineral producer admitted it totally failed to instruct an employee in how to perform duties, resulting in a fatal blow to the head. Two entities owned by Kara Resources recently pleaded guilty for...
A machine operator died while attempting to navigate around a car parked at a work site. Authorities recently examined circumstances surrounding a worker who was fatally electrocuted in September...
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...
Mineral producers will keep operating fossil fuel-powered haul trucks for the unforeseeable future, a new publication found. Electrifying mine heavy vehicle fleets is impractical, inconvenient and...
Limiting the number of human operators reduces workplace incidents, an autonomous leader found. Komatsu Australia wants every mine site to upgrade machinery to driverless and remote technology...
A mine employee needed urgent medical attention after being sidetracked during a heavy machinery manoeuvre. An excavator operator recently spent several days in hospital due to a serious accident...
A multinational mining company was penalised for failing to prevent a vehicle from falling into a cavity. Golden Grove Operations recently pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment...
An underground employee literally copped a mouthful after mine equipment suddenly ejected a large shrapnel piece. Authorities recently examined exactly what caused barring steel to fly out of a jaw...
A worker was not responsible for multiple wounds he suffered when heavy equipment suddenly blew up. Safe Work Australia recently penalised D Caelli Cranes for inadequately protecting employees from...
An aerial lift machinery accident severely damaged a heavy vehicle in North Queensland. Authorities recently investigated how a mobile concrete placing boom suddenly collapsed onto a truck cabin...
A mining construction company will answer allegations management is responsible for a workplace death. A Kalidonis Group executive is charged with industrial manslaughter over the 2020 death of an...
