The EMERST (Earth Moving Equipment Safety Roundtable) has published its’ updated guidelines that provide mining equipment designers interoperability protocols that assist in minimising and...
Tag - Collision Avoidance
The Whitehaven Maules Creek mine has come under fire over its management of light vehicles and collision avoidance after a dozer reversed over an unoccupied light vehicle this past week. Inspectors...
Of all the technology developed over mining’s history for safety, and even more specifically the safety of workers performing tasks around heavy machinery on an everyday basis, one of the most recent...
The US Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) have reported a fatality where a mineworker was struck and killed by a shuttle car in an underground mine roadway. MSHA said that on Monday...
Every employee, no matter what industry, deserves to work in a safe environment, the health and safety of every mine worker is of the utmost importance. Safety systems are designed to ensure that...
A worker suffered serious leg injuries during a nose-to-tail collision between two rear dump haul trucks. The injured worker was transported to hospital for treatment. The NSW Resources Regulator has...
A front-end loader and light vehicle collided on a New South Wales mine site last month. The incident, which occurred on March 12, saw a Caterpillar 992 front-end loader reverse into a light vehicle...
Mine operators have been requested to segregate heavy and light vehicles in traffic on mine sites, after a haul truck collided with a light vehicle in July, 2014. A significant incident report...
