Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01088 Summary: A service truck rolled while leaving a mine site. At a right-hand bend on a gravel road, the driver swerved, lost control and the truck tipped on its...
Tag - mine safety in Australia
Australia is the world’s leading country in mine safety practice. As one of the world’s largest export miners, Australian mines have evolved to become the safest in the world. Mine safety in Australia is characterised by a worker-management consultative approach, hazard identification and risk reduction. Mine safety in Australia has contributed to improvement in a range of developing nations including India, China, PNG, Turkey and parts of South America.
High potential incident | SinNot 2018/01095 Summary: During a routine service on a load haul dump vehicle, the machine failed to shut down on low scrubber water. An investigation found the safety...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01099 Summary: A rib failure occurred, striking two workers. One worker suffered several fractures on his right femur and a fractured vertebra in his back...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01106 Summary: A worker suffered a finger injury that required stitches. While installing support with an air track bolter, a timber jack was lowered and a butterfly...
The Resources Regulator NSW has seen an increase in notifiable incidents related to equipment breaching windrows. Windrow breaches place operators at serious risk. These incidents have occurred at...
A drill rig at an open cut coal mine trammed over and through a highwall windrow resulting in the machine straddling the windrow with one track suspended over the edge of the highwall. During the...
Komatsu Rutherford, in New South Wales, has won a safety award for building equipment that is safer for its workers. The company won the ICare June Aware safety award for mechanising a process that...
Two pieces of rib fell into a work area on a continuous miner while a worker was roof bolting. One worker was installing roof bolts on the right-hand side of the miner when a piece of rib (1 m long x...
A multi-terrain skid-steer loader rolled onto its side. The machine had crested a windrow and turned. Recommendations to industry: Stand-off distances between face equipment must be clearly defined...
A drill rig breached a windrow adjacent to the edge of a 50 m highwall. It was reported the drill operator was focused on positioning the machine at the time and was unaware of the drill’s...
