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...
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A resources employee became hospitalised after multiple heavy vehicles crushed him. A driver was recently pinned between a stationary fuel truck and front-end wheel loader at an undisclosed...
A multinational resources producer is examining what caused autonomous machinery to crash. Rio Tinto wants to know exactly how a driverless train became involved in an accident after departing from...
Equipment failed without notice due to inadequate hazard evaluation, an investigation found. A side discharge conveyor suddenly collapsed without warning at an undisclosed screening plant on 4 August...
A open-cut mine employee was so busy chatting his machinery overturned. Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) recently examined how a dozer rolled over at an undisclosed Queensland coal mine...
Authorities are investigating whether a resources employee behaved inappropriately towards an industry commentator. The Western Australia Police Force wants to know why a mine worker allegedly told a...
A mining contractor suffered a fatal fall from the top of unexcavated overburden. An equipment operator recently plunged to his death from the top of a highwall at an undisclosed mine site...
An underground mine employee passed away after machinery slipped and became covered in a chemical mixture. An excavator recently slid over an elevated loading pad and was engulfed in lime dust. The...
Employers will be publicly grilled about their commitment to workplace health and safety. The Queensland Government recently launched a parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety, after two...
Two employee fatalities in seven months were not enough to dent a mining services company’s health and safety culture, investigators said. Metarock Group recently reviewed organisational safety...
