A multinational company expressed condolences after a fatal truck accident occurred at one of its operations. Hanson Construction recently pleaded guilty to failing to maintain a safe work...
Category - MINING INCIDENTS AND ALERTS
Officials are examining what caused autonomous machinery to crash. The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR) is still trying to determine how a driverless train suffered an accident...
An environmental demonstrator was accused of unlawfully igniting property in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Coedie McAvoy recently shared a social media post of himself standing near a...
Authorities are examining circumstances surrounding a workplace death. Mineral Resources recently confirmed an external employee sadly passed away, prompting it to suspend operations. “At...
Mining equipment dangerously swayed after a lapse of judgement. Authorities recently suspected an incorrect instrument, lack of care and poor leadership of hospitalising a worker at an undisclosed...
A resources employee became covered in tonnes of material at an operation. A Komatsu PC350 excavator operator was recently buried alive at an undisclosed open-cut coal mine. The worker had tried to...
A fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker skipped his medication multiple times prior to assaulting seven people. Authorities recently confirmed Ashley Dean Fildes did not have antipsychotic drugs for nearly...
Load lifting equipment became unbalanced and fatally struck a worker. Authorities recently examined how a forklift mast weighing up to 2.7 tonnes topped and fell onto a technician performing...
A faulty stopping device is likely to have caused an underground employee fatality. Authorities recently examined circumstances surrounding a mine worker who was unresponsive and died on 28 April...
A heavy stone killed a mine worker while fitting equipment. A rock slab recently shifted and fatally struck a distracted resources employee. Investigators revealed the object measured 3.7 metres...
A national contractor failed to maintain a safe employment environment, killing a team member on the job. Hansen Yuncken recently entered into an enforceable undertaking after two large steel pipes...
A wide-eyed employee turned a truck over on its axis. Authorities recently investigated how a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) rolled over a strip of land along the road. “The driver had moved to the...
