The NSW Resources Regulator has directly engaged with more than 13,000 mine workers as part of a targeted awareness campaign to bring attention to the risk of collisions involving heavy mining...
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A prison sentence recently handed down to a company director in the Magistrates Court serves as a timely reminder that regulators are willing to seek, and courts are increasingly willing to impose...
Government of Western Australia, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and safety released an incident report. According to the Regulator, two operators were exposed to potentially serious injury...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a mining vehicle incident occurred at an open cut coal mine. According to the report, an operator was sitting in his light vehicle with the door open, after...
A man has been injured in the early hours of this morning in a reported rockfall incident at a Queensland mining operation. Queensland Ambulance services reportedly attended a mine site on the...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published an incident regarding a loaded shearer transporter that jack-knifed in an underground coal mine. An operator was using a heavy lift loader to move a loaded...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published a safety alert regarding an exploration drill rig that contacted energised 22kV overhead power lines while travelling across a paddock. One of the three...
New Zealand’s MinEx has recently reported an incident that occurred due to failure to lockout. According to Minex, the workshop supervisor went to assist a fitter in diagnosing a bearing failure on a...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a worker’s arm became caught in the tail pulley on the main drive of a screening plant belt. The worker removed a guard to view the belt...
Plan of Incident Location Worksafe Victoria is issuing a reminder about the importance of managing the risks associated with rock falls whilst developing headings in underground mines. An employee...
