An employee became hospitalised after hired equipment detonated during use. An operator required urgent medical attention after his trailerised water blaster exploded. The force was so great he lost...
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An employee learnt the hard way to take greater care when exiting machinery. One operator was recently hospitalised with serious injuries after falling from his dozer. The worker had finished...
Headwear likely prevented an underground fatality but one employee still required urgent medical attention. A blasting worker recently became hospitalised after multiple rocks fell about 3.5 metres...
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...
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...
Four trainees accidentally pierced different body parts while operating power tools during February 2022. One fourth year apprentice shot himself with a nail gun in the upper-right thigh while...
A mining giant is close to restarting a coal operation in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Anglo American confirmed it will soon reopen its Grosvenor Coal Mine near Moranbah, 198km southwest...
Mine workers from the northern Bowen Basin are being asked to take part in a men’s health study aimed at discovering why men’s health is much poorer than women’s in the Mackay...
