A quarry work has died following a horrific accident at a Perth quarry when his truck has rolled from a bench yesterday morning. Western Australian Police have confirmed that the man in his 40s has...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
A government regulator has issued a warning around ensuring equipment used in hazardous areas meets conformity under ANZEx or IECEx Scheme. The warning surrounds the requirement for hazardous area...
Mines rescue teams are still searching for a miner missing in a Chilean mine accident in a copper mine. The Chilean mine accident in a copper mine claimed the life of one miner after a fall of ground...
Mining ergonomics expert, Robin Burgess-Limerick, discusses how to prevent slips, trips and falls during mining equipment access and egress. Access to, and egress from, mining equipment is an...
Energy Australia has released a moving statement on the arc flash death of power station worker Graeme Edwards who suffered horrific fatal injuries after reinstalling a high-voltage circuit breaker...
Lockouts for some isolator switches and motor control centres has long been a frustration across many industries. An Australian innovator has developed an isolation lockout device solution to improve...
On June 14, 2003, a maintenance repair foreman, age 25, was fatally injured while changing liner plates in a jaw crusher. Salyards was inside the crusher positioning a wedge bar to secure the upper...
Hexagon has released new fatigue and distraction system for light vehicles that may revolutionise fatigue monitoring across the industry. The detection unit has been designed to provide continuous...
The NSW Resources Regulator will begin a causal investigation into an excavator and autonomous dozer collision at the Peabody Wilpinjong Coal Mine. On 27 May 2019, a Hitachi Ex1200 excavator collided...
A light vehicle rollover has occurred at an open cut coal mine in New South Wales. The light vehicle was exiting a crib hut park-up area. As it turned onto the road, the driver was distracted by a...
Apple has released a health and safety initiative on it latest watch OS6 update to likely to be rolled out in September this year. The Apple Watch software development team has incorporated a warning...
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration have released a report into the death of an underground mine surveyor who was hit and killed by a Joy shuttle car. On Monday, January 14, 2019, at...
