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Fire incident from fuel cart refuelling

The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a dangerous fire incident that occurred in an open cut coal mine.  According to the report, a fuel cart was refuelling a drill rig when a cracked fuel tank...

Incident | Dozer connects with bucket

The NSW Resources Regulator has reported a dozer incident at an open cut coal mine. A dozer driver has connected with the bucket of an excavator as the dozer operator was doing a push across the face...

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Haul truck’s tray strikes walkway

The NSW Resources Regulator has released an incident report regarding a haul truck’s tray striking a walkway at an open-cut construction materials mine. After tipping a load, a haul truck...

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An excavator overturned at open cut coal mine

The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report of an excavator that overturned in open cut coal mine. A 30 tonne excavator conducting rehabilitation work was being walked backwards when one track...

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Mining Incident Review | Drill rig breaches windrow

In a mining incident in June this year, a drill rig at an open cut coal mine in NSW trammed over, and through a highwall windrow resulting in the machine straddling the windrow with one track...