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Mining Incident Review | Drill rig breaches windrow

In a mining incident in June this year, a drill rig at an open cut coal mine in NSW trammed over, and through a highwall windrow resulting in the machine straddling the windrow with one track...

forklift accident

Leg amputated after forklift accident

In a serious forklift accident in Queensland during September 2018, an operator’s lower leg was amputated when the forklift he was driving struck a bollard in a warehouse facility. Initial...

rock falls

100 tonne of rock falls into open stope brow

Mining Safety Alert: Rock Falls The Victorian Mining Safety regulator has advised that a serious incident occurred where approximately 100 tonnes of rock falls into an open stope brow. The ground...

NSW Mine Safety shares weekly incident reports

NSW Mine Safety have started a new weekly incident summary, aimed at improving safety in Australian mines. The summary will be published online, and will show the total weekly “reportable...