The NSW Mining Regulator is on the scene of a fatality this morning involving a collision with a light vehicle and a dozer. A mineworker was killed in the incident around 4.45 pm on Monday at the...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate has released an alert on retractable access ladders. The report comes following the death of mine worker, Jack Gerdes at the Baralaba Mine on 7th July 2019. The...
A haul truck has been involved in an incident which saw the truck tip backwards onto its’ tailgate following loading. The incident occurred at around 9 am Wednesday at the Mount Arthur mine. In...
A 62-year-old coal mine worker has sustained pelvic injuries after he was involved in a light vehicle-pedestrian interaction at BMA’s Blackwater Mine Site. Emergency services were called to the...
A light vehicle has driven over an open face at a NSW mine leaving the drivers shaken and an excavator operator facing an investigation. According to the NSW Resources Regulator, a light vehicle was...
The range of hydraulic fluid fires across the Australian mining industry has long been a concern for mining operators and plant owners. Recent machinery fires have resulted from damaged hydraulic...
How did a mine fire that burned out of control for more than a month go unnoticed for so long? The Hazelwood coal mine fire is one of Australia’s worst mine fires and one that haunts the...
Reutech Mining says it has launched the fastest scanning and most sophisticated slope monitoring radar in the industry, the MSRIV Esprit. “The exceptional high scan speed ensures early detection of...
The NSW Mines Regulator has reported a vehicle rollaway at a mine site. The Regulator’s release said ‘An unattended light vehicle moved an estimated 250 metres from where it was parked...
Changes to saliva drug testing Australian Standards AS/NZ 4760:2019. After more than two years of revision, public comment and re-revision, the new oral fluid Australian Standard (which now includes...
While open cut miners are familiar with working around sumps in mines, very few operators may consider the potential scenarios of drowning in a dozer. The reality of an operator drowning in a dozer...
An ICAM investigation has failed to reach conclusions surrounding the death of dozer operator Allan Houston at the Saraji Mine on the 31st December 2018. In the midst of the report release, some...