Failing to hold objects without dropping them could have helped launch a heavy vehicle part into the air. Authorities are investigating how a 2.5-tonne haul truck wheel rim separated from the tyre...
Category - MINING INCIDENTS AND ALERTS
More than a dozen employees needed emergency medical attention at a resources operation. Authorities have been notified that at least 13 workers were hospitalised during February 2024 at...
A heavy vehicle operator died after attempting to release his load on a slope. Authorities recently examined how a truck driver was killed while dumping a load on uneven surfaces during 2 January...
An electrochemical device detonated and ignited twice while in a worker’s possession. Authorities recently investigated what caused an e-cigarette to explode and catch on fire multiple times...
Remote workers could have experienced breathing difficulties when fatally crashing in Queensland’s McKinlay Shire. Authorities suspect a lack of oxygen could have caused a fly-in fly-out plane...
Prioritising productivity over worker wellbeing could have led to deadly consequences, an advocacy warned. Industry representatives have accused a multinational resources producer of neglecting its...
Two heavy vehicles became involved in a major collision, causing severe damage. Authorities recently examined why one truck suffered a head-on accident while the other experienced a side hit at an...
A mine truck kept moving despite already having an alternate stopping system. Authorities recently examined a heavy vehicle brake failure at an undisclosed operation. “The service brake system...
An underground worker passed away and others became seriously wounded after mine equipment crushed them. Authorities are investigating four separate incidents where mobile equipment fatally pinned...
Criminally linked employees are suspected of using explosives to attack a mining operation. Authorities are investigating why a group of workers detonated part of Poderosa’s BESS La Morena...
Colleagues and loved ones are reeling after multiple remote employees suddenly died in a freak accident. Rio Tinto is assisting authorities in determining exactly how a fly-in fly-out plane crashed...
A mine worker learnt the hard way to check depth before entering water bodies. Authorities recently examined how a dozer became partially submerged at a coal operation in Central Queensland’s...
