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...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
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...
One in seven respiratory illnesses could be prevented if mine workers are exposed to fewer hazardous substances, workplace relations experts said. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)...
Mine employees stand a greater chance of developing an occupational disease if they regularly come into contact with quartz particles, researchers found. Occupational health experts confirmed silica...
