An employee who used equipment as a ladder died after being crushed. One worker recently thought it would save time to stand on a forklift while performing tasks at height. However, he failed to...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
Heavy vehicle operation is a high-risk industry, and with so many professional drivers travelling alongside other staff and members of the public, safety is of paramount importance in fleet...
A mining services company confessed it should have done more to protect one heavy vehicle operator from being fatally crushed. VDM Engineering and director David Van De Meeberg recently pleaded...
A faulty measuring instrument was one factor that resulted in burnt machinery. A mine worker recently went overboard while refuelling at an undisclosed open-cut coal operation in New South Wales. The...
Colleagues and loved ones are grieving the loss of a worker who was fatally pinned by overbalanced equipment. The unidentified employee was standing between a trailer and lorry loader. While...
A resources worker tragically passed away and a remote employee suffered injuries. Clare Merriam recently died from a horrific road crash in Wye, 30km southeast of Mount Gambier. Major crash officers...
A heavy vehicle company accepted blame for a low paid employee passing away while he was still learning on-the-job. Marshall Lethlean Industries was recently convicted and fined $600,000 after one of...
An employee became hospitalised after hired equipment detonated during use. An operator required urgent medical attention after his trailerised water blaster exploded. The force was so great he lost...
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 multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...
Authorities are examining circumstances surrounding an equipment-related workplace death. Police, WorkSafe Western Australia and the State Department of Fire and Emergency Services recently...
A sudden movement caused part of a heavy vehicle to come crashing down onto an underground employee. During routine maintenance a fitter accidentally bumped a stay that was holding up a truck cabin...
