Earth material became loose and caused part of a heavy vehicle to drop without notice. A highwall section recently collapsed, sending a large volume of rocks onto a dump truck below at an undisclosed...
Tag - highwall incidents
Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate has released an incident report regarding a highwall failed at a surface mining operation. The Regulator said that the incident occurred during pre-strip...
The New South Wales Resources Regulator has released a document detailing a range of geotechnical failures in high walls, low walls and dumps. The regulator said in its document (see link below) that...
A quarry wall collapse in a Belgium quarry has left a Caterpillar 992K loader destroyed and an operator hospitalised. The quarry incident reportedly occurred at the Sagrex Lemay quarry in Antoing...
An investigation conducted by ABC Investigative Journalists regarding the Bootu Creek mine accident has revealed a series of systematic failures of regulators and mine operators prior to the incident...
A loader was engulfed by a highwall at a US based mine in December killing another mineworker taking the coal industry death toll in the USA to nine for 2018. The US based federal mine safety...
