A Port of Dampier fire in a screen house that occurred on Saturday night has been confirmed by Rio Tinto. The fire was contained to the screen house at its East Intercourse Island port operation...
Category - MINING HAZARDS
This section covers hazards associated with surface and underground mining.
Peabody Energy’s Metropolitan Colliery gas incident preliminary report has been released by the NSW Regulator. The gas incident, which occurred on the 21st March 2019 at the Metropolitan...
A coal mine that has operated for more than a century will be forced to shut down because state authorities have banned mining activities due to mine safety concerns. A number of roof falls, conveyor...
The WA Department of Justice (State Solicitor) has dropped charges against a drilling company for a mobile plant accident where a drilling offsider was run over by a tracked vehicle on a salt lake in...
The US-based Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released an investigation report involving the fatality of a loader operator from a highwall collapse at the Little Spring Creek Mine in...
The NSW Resources Regulator is believed to be investigating an incident that occurred at BHP Mount Arthur mine where a fully loaded Liebherr Haul truck rolled at 11.45pm on Friday night injuring the...
The NSW Resources Regulator has begun prosecution proceedings in the NSW District Court against Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd over a workplace heat stress death at the Perseverance mine near Cobar in April...
A mines rescue team has rescued two mine workers and recovered the bodies of five others killed in a fall of ground at an artisanal diamond mine in South Kalimantan. Indonesia’s National...
Incident reporting and investigations across the NSW mining industry have identified a range of uncontrolled high pressure related incidents where mine workers have been struck by discharging...
In a somewhat bizarre but frightening incident, a Load Haul Dumper (LHD) operator has shut down an underground coal mine when a raised bucket clipped high voltage cables in a roadway. The NSW...
A high potential incident at a mine tip head has once again highlighted the requirement for increased frequency of inspections as site conditions change. The mine safety incident is one among several...
Australian mining equipment manufacturer Elphinstone’s focus on productivity and safety has reaped rewards after it has continued to receive international orders for its latest WR810 mining support...
