High potential incident | SinNot 2018/01095 Summary: During a routine service on a load haul dump vehicle, the machine failed to shut down on low scrubber water. An investigation found the safety...
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Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01099 Summary: A rib failure occurred, striking two workers. One worker suffered several fractures on his right femur and a fractured vertebra in his back...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01106 Summary: A worker suffered a finger injury that required stitches. While installing support with an air track bolter, a timber jack was lowered and a butterfly...
The Resources Regulator NSW has seen an increase in notifiable incidents related to equipment breaching windrows. Windrow breaches place operators at serious risk. These incidents have occurred at...
The NSW Resources Regulator has been notified of several recent incidents in which strata failure, particularly rib failures, have resulted in mine workers being placed at risk. Investigation After...
A drill rig at an open cut coal mine trammed over and through a highwall windrow resulting in the machine straddling the windrow with one track suspended over the edge of the highwall. During the...
Komatsu Rutherford, in New South Wales, has won a safety award for building equipment that is safer for its workers. The company won the ICare June Aware safety award for mechanising a process that...
Queensland Mining and Engineering Exhibition (QME) 2018 has announced over 230 exhibitors will be attending this year’s event, this is an increase of 41% on QME 2016 and includes global industry...
Harnesses and other height safety gear should be cleaned regularly to minimise odour build-up, increase service life and remove any potentially degrading materials.
Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/00958 Summary: A haul truck was parked up and shutdown due to rain. The operator remained in the cab. After about an hour, the truck rolled forward 30 to 40 metres...
Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/00982 Summary: A large, steel component fell from a truck while being secured. The truck driver was on the opposite side of the vehicle at the time. Recommendations...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/00993 Summary: A rubber-tyred dozer was damaged when a rock fell from a highwall. The dozer was working underneath the pre-split high wall conducting clean-up work for...
