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Dangerous Incident Safety Incident Coal Mine

Serious Injury – Drill Steel Crushed Operators Foot

Serious injury | SinNot 2018/00815 Summary: An operator suffered a fractured toe and lacerations requiring stitches when a drill steel crushed his foot. The operator was installing a cable bolt. The...

Dangerous Incident Safety Incident Coal Mine

Dangerous incident – Operator Arm Trapped

Summary: An operator on a continuous miner had his arm trapped between the rib protection and a rib bolter. A piece of rib 0.5 metre wide by 2.8 metre high slumped down under the bolting platform...

Dangerous Incident Safety Incident Coal Mine

Dangerous Incident – Articulated Dump Truck Rolled

Summary: An articulated dump truck has rolled. The truck was tipping its load when the incident occurred. Recommendations to industry: Areas where vehicles are raising a load should be monitored for...