Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01295
Summary: A light vehicle rolled onto its roof while travelling on the surface of an underground coal mine. The driver had previously stopped the vehicle to engage the four-wheel drive function.
Recommendations to industry: Roads should be designed and maintained for all weather conditions. Relying on instructing workers to “drive to the conditions” is a lower order control. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 clause 36 hierarchy of control measures requires the use of substitution, isolation or engineering controls before accepting administrative controls.
Recommendations to industry: Roads should be designed and maintained for all weather conditions. Relying on instructing workers to “drive to the conditions” is a lower order control. The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 clause 36 hierarchy of control measures requires the use of substitution, isolation or engineering controls before accepting administrative controls.
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