NSW Resources Regulator has reported a dangerous incident that occurred in an underground mine. Workers in an underground coal mine smelt something burning and noticed that the gearbox output shaft...
Category - MINING INCIDENTS AND ALERTS
Western Australia’s Department of mines industry regulation and safety (DMIRS) has released a report regarding to manned loader falling into an open stope. In July 2020, an operator was driving...
Miners searching the site near the town of Kamituga have so far recovered 18 bodies, after heavy rains caused the artisanal gold mine to cave in, burying those working below ground. Emergency workers...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report regarding to floor slump on stope in an underground metals mine. A Jumbo operator and a nipper were working on a stope that had previously been rock...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an electrician got injured in underground metals mine. Electricians working underground were installing a high tension cable from an integrated tool carrier...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported fire occurred in the crusher house in an open cut mine. A control room operator saw fire through the closed-circuit television (CCTV) system in a crusher...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released an incident report regarding a haul truck’s tray striking a walkway at an open-cut construction materials mine. After tipping a load, a haul truck...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published a causal investigation report into the catastrophic failure of an underground bulkhead seal that occurred at North Wambo Underground Coal Mine on 3 May 2020...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a worker’s arm became caught in the tail pulley on the main drive of a screening plant belt. The worker removed a guard to view the belt...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report of an excavator that overturned in open cut coal mine. A 30 tonne excavator conducting rehabilitation work was being walked backwards when one track...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a worker was hit on the leg while helping to remove a power pack from a longhole drill. The work group entered the area to remove the power...
The Western Australian mine safety regulator has highlighted risks of using rope access systems on mine walls when undertaking scaling operations. the warning comes after a range of incidents across...
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