The DMIRS has advised that during April this year, a worker was exposed to potentially serious injuries when a handrail latch failed, causing a handrail gate to swing open and the operator narrowly...
Tag - incident
A chemical supply company was fined $5000 last week for failing to report a dangerous goods incident which caused significant burns to one of its workers. The incident occurred at AGent Sales &...
An incident in which a supervisor was crushed between two vehicles has been put down to a lack of communication and failure to recognise risks, according to a report by the Department of Mines and...
A rigger was narrowly missed by a falling crane head sheave, prompting a Department of Mines and Petroleum Significant Incident Report. In July 2014, a mobile crane at a mine site was being used to...
A worker was seriously injured when he was sprayed by anhydrous ammonia after failure of flexible rubber hose, according to a significant incident report released by the Department of Mines and...
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate (QMI) has praised the prompt action of co-workers who went to the rescue of an electrician who became trapped between a coal rib and a maingate drive in a Queensland...
A coronial inquest into the death of a man at a Santos drilling site in Queensland has been told that the industry has gone back to the “dark old days”. Justin Smith, former drill rig...
The driver of a four wheel drive had a lucky escape after a train carrying manganese ploughed into his vehicle near Katherine in the Northern Territory. According to the NT News, the train was...
[hr]With the exception of the few Australian states with a greater mining presence having their o wn specific mining work health and safety (WHS) Acts and Regulations, the mining industry is governed...
A mine worker sustained leg injuries in an underground incident that occurred last Friday at the Oaky Creek mine near Tieri in Central Queensland. The worker was bought to the surface four hours...
