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Fatality at WA iron ore processing facility

A worker has been fatally injured in an accident at an iron ore processing facility in Western Australia. The accident occurred on the tripper level of the processing facility.

According to WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum, the deceased was greasing an electric motor at the time of the accident and the tripper conveyor was operating in automatic mode.

Preliminary enquiries by the Department indicate that the worker was caught between the motor cable termination box and a moving component of the tripper unit.

The investigation is at an early stage and probable causes are yet to be confirmed.

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