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Report into roof bolting machine hazards released

A special report into mobile roof bolting machine hazards has been released following the injury and subsequent death of a mine worker in 2008. On the 24 July 2008, a coal miner working at Myuna...

Fall arrest incident simulation involving loader

Situation of Gravity: Broken Hill Case Study

The shocking fall and subsequent deaths of two maintenance workers at the Mt Lyell Copper Mine in Tasmania, made everyone in the safety industry catch their breath. In this article, we examine a case...

Fatality at Cobar Copper Mine in New South Wales

A mine worker has died overnight while working underground at the CSA Copper Mine near Cobar in New South Wales. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a 26-year-old man was reportedly trying to...