A mining giant stopped production following a serious incident that left employees unconscious and hospitalised in northwest Queensland. A 26-year-old contractor is in an induced coma and on assisted...
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A health and safety regulator is examining what caused an employee to suffer severe injuries. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) recently launched an investigation into a worker who was...
Mining equipment dangerously swayed after a lapse of judgement. Authorities recently suspected an incorrect instrument, lack of care and poor leadership of hospitalising a worker at an undisclosed...
A mine employee is receiving urgent medical attention after earthmoving machinery overturned in Central Queensland. A Caterpillar D11R dozer recently rolled over at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s...
A mine employee was crushed because he was neither paying attention nor practising workplace safety, investigators found. An underground shift worker was hospitalised after being pinned between a rib...
A beginner required urgent medical treatment after a metal object rebounded and struck him. An inexperienced truck operator became severely injured when an earthing rod fell, bounced and hit him in...
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A multinational mining company was sought to compensate an employee who suffered a respiratory injury at work. Kylie Anne Bresnehan recently sued Rio Tinto and Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun for more than $2...
Building material shattered and fatally struck a worker who was inside a structure several metres away. A team leader died from shrapnel that became airborne and penetrated a storage shelter he was...
Colleagues and loved ones are grieving the loss of a worker who was fatally pinned by overbalanced equipment. The unidentified employee was standing between a trailer and lorry loader. While...
A resources worker tragically passed away and a remote employee suffered injuries. Clare Merriam recently died from a horrific road crash in Wye, 30km southeast of Mount Gambier. Major crash officers...
