A mine employee needed urgent medical attention after being sidetracked during a heavy machinery manoeuvre. An excavator operator recently spent several days in hospital due to a serious accident...
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A multinational mining company was penalised for failing to prevent a vehicle from falling into a cavity. Golden Grove Operations recently pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe work environment...
A faulty measuring instrument was one factor that resulted in burnt machinery. A mine worker recently went overboard while refuelling at an undisclosed open-cut coal operation in New South Wales. The...
Authorities are investigating the latest in a string of resources employee fatalities. The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety wants to know exactly how a worker passed away while on...
A multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...
A former employee accused a colleague of endangering her life with a blade at a major mining operation. Anneka Truter claims a coworker raped her at knifepoint at CITIC Pacific Mining’s Sino...
Authorities are examining circumstances surrounding an equipment-related workplace death. Police, WorkSafe Western Australia and the State Department of Fire and Emergency Services recently...
A foreign-owned company vowed to stamp out poor work conditions after authorities launched an investigation into its Australian operations. Netherlands-headquartered Mammoet Australia promised there...
Authorities are questioning a foreign-owned company after reports emerged of a substandard work environment. Investigators from the Western Australian Police Force and State Department of Mines...
Officials are examining whether a mine site fostered substandard employment conditions. Police and representatives from the Western Australian Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety...
