A mineral producer is gradually returning to businesses as usual, following a devastating mine fatality. Gold Fields recently confirmed operations have partially resumed at its St Ives mine, 80km...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
Authorities revealed remote resources employees were among the industry’s latest fatalities. The Western Australian Police Force recently confirmed a MACA employee who died at Capricorn...
An underground employee passed away after accidentally coming into contact with voltage. A roof bolter recently died from electrocution at Blackhawk Mining’s Kanawha Eagle Coal Mine, about 36km...
A mine employee was crushed because he was neither paying attention nor practising workplace safety, investigators found. An underground shift worker was hospitalised after being pinned between a rib...
A multinational resources producer was widely criticised for failing to provide a safe work environment. A Peabody Energy entity was recently penalised after management did not stop work after...
A resources employee became hospitalised after multiple heavy vehicles crushed him. A driver was recently pinned between a stationary fuel truck and front-end wheel loader at an undisclosed...
Mineral producers should order workers to cease hazardous and unlawful indicator use, an industry group said. Politely signalling for other drivers to overtake could be illegal and, in some cases...
A multinational resources producer should be prosecuted for at least one workplace fatality in Queensland’s Central Highlands region, an industry group urged. The State Office of the Work...
A multinational resources producer is examining what caused autonomous machinery to crash. Rio Tinto wants to know exactly how a driverless train became involved in an accident after departing from...
A mining services company celebrated favourable results from an autonomous trial. Thiess recently declared two automated Caterpillar rigs were successfully piloted. For the first time a multi-pass...
Equipment failed without notice due to inadequate hazard evaluation, an investigation found. A side discharge conveyor suddenly collapsed without warning at an undisclosed screening plant on 4 August...
Panicking and incorrectly following procedures contributed to a Queensland workplace death. A new coronial inquest is examining circumstances surrounding Gareth Dodunski’s death at the Fairwell...
