A family business received lighter punishment five years after an outsourced team member permanently lost a limb. Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS) successfully appealed a recent sentence over a...
Tag - crush injury
Ceiling support infrastructure became loose and severely injured a resources employee. A mine worker was recently rushed to the emergency department with two broken ribs and a lacerated lung due to a...
A mining services company was not worried about a potential avalanche before an employee suffered a fatal fall. Rostered workers were not concerned about the risk of a rock fall the day a scaling...
Grieving colleagues and family members want two mining services companies to pay for a workplace death in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Bradley Hardwick might still be alive if a park...
Authorities shared grim news that workplace accidents are rising and some incidents were so severe they claimed the lives of relatively young workers. Total serious lost time injuries (LTIs) rose...
An inexperienced employee became seriously injured while fastening equipment. A vacation mining engineer received urgent medical attention for a crushed finger. The nipper’s left hand was...
A multinational resources company found a lack of notice caused a workplace injury in northwest Queensland. Glencore confirmed a production bomber recently crushed his finger while relocating an...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident that a worker received crush injuries to two fingers when the hand was caught in a pinch point while operating a roof bolting rig. The worker was...
Another mineworker has been crushed by a hydraulic staircase on a dozer after regulators found that a range of issues associated with wiring modifications that resulted in an unexpected staircase...
The USA based Mine Safety & Health Authority (MSHA) have confirmed that a miner has died from a crushing injury at the Hamilton County Coal Mine in Illinois. This is the USA’s first...
