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Securing loads | QDS pods fall from dolly car

The NSW Resources Regulator has issued an alert to underground mines following an incident that saw a QDS pod fall from a dolly car and slide uncontrolled down the mine’s drift and was...

long reach digger incident

Long reach digger | Mining Incident

The NSW mine safety regulator has reported an incident where a long reach digger lost control of a machine due to soft ground when cleaning out a sediment pit. While the operator was not injured, the...

Inexperienced operator rolls dump truck

Inexperienced operator rolls Moxy at 50km/h

The NSW mine Safety Regulator has reported an incident this week which saw an operator with one week’s experience roll a Moxy (Volvo A40D) on a sealed decline at 50 km/h. The Regulator said...

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NSW lowers respirable dust standards

Miners working in the NSW coal industry will soon be given greater protections on the job with the NSW Government set to implement a strict new exposure standard for respirable coal dust almost two...

dozer slides off bench

Dozer slides off bench

A dozer carrying out preparation work slid off a walk back and working bench near an excavator. The dozer operator appears to have misjudged the corner and driven off the edge. The dozer operator was...

dozer rollover

Dangerous incident- Dozer rollover

The NSW Resources Regulator has reported an incident where a dozer rollover occurred. It said “A dozer operator was cleaning up a bench floor at night when it  backed over some large rocks and...

serious injury

Underground miner sucked into vent duct

The NSW mining safety regulator has issued a notice to Peabody’s Metropolitan mine after a worker was sucked into a vent duct at a development face. The NSW Resources Regulator said it has been...