A multinational resources producer celebrated positive results from one of the world’s largest automated deployments. BHP’s autonomous drill fleet has successfully operated for more than...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
A construction company won the primary tender for one of Australia’s first air quality developments in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. A subsidiary of CIMIC Group recently secured the...
Authorities are investigating how a mine employee became injured despite safeguards in place. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) wants to know exactly how a runaway, light vehicle recently...
A mine employee might consider buying a lotto ticket after being fortunate enough to walk away from a pile-up accident. One coal worker was recently sandwiched between utility vehicles at an...
Former workers cannot postpone enforcement action over a coal mine disaster in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) recently blocked a request to...
An employee learnt the hard way to take greater care when exiting machinery. One operator was recently hospitalised with serious injuries after falling from his dozer. The worker had finished...
A multinational resources company was sued for allegedly damaging a vital human organ in northwest Queensland. Glencore is defending Brisbane Supreme Court allegations that a toddler developed brain...
A foreign and unqualified craftsman unsafely performed demolition work, a judge ruled. The Brisbane Magistrates Court recently fined a tradesman who allegedly removed asbestos in a way that breaches...
Headwear likely prevented an underground fatality but one employee still required urgent medical attention. A blasting worker recently became hospitalised after multiple rocks fell about 3.5 metres...
A family business received lighter punishment five years after an outsourced team member permanently lost a limb. Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) successfully appealed a recent sentence over a...
How can we make the industrial world safer? This question has always been a leading topic of discussion here at Dräger and of course constantly in the minds of safety professionals across the globe...
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...
