Ceiling support infrastructure became loose and severely injured a resources employee. A mine worker was recently rushed to the emergency department with two broken ribs and a lacerated lung due to a...
Tag - roof support
Adapting its longwall mining equipment business to best meet customer needs to reduce costs and maximize performance, Komatsu announced it will provide Joy engineered Powered Roof Support (PRS)...
The NSW Resources Regulator has reported that a mineworker was hit on the hard hat by falling roof material while installing ground support. The worker believes he was knocked unconscious for about...
Video has emerged of miners fleeing from a roof fall / working face in a Chilean mine. The incident reportedly occurred on the 24th November around 18:48 at the Chilean underground metalliferous mine...
The NSW Resources Regulator has welcomed the conviction of LakeCoal Pty Ltd for failing to comply with a health and safety duty under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The conviction, and $180,000...
Strata Worldwide have signed a distribution agreement with Burrell Mining International for the promotion and distribution of the Burrell Omega Bloc coal mining roof support products to the North...
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On the morning of Saturday, 15 February 2014, Wayne Fowlie was killed by a roof fall during a major decline development at the Harlequin Gold Mine near Norseman. 59-year-old Wayne had been tasked...
What happened? During charging of a perimeter hole on a development heading at an underground metalliferous mine, about 11 tonnes of rock fell from the middle and upper portions of the face, trapping...
A mine operator received a serious head injury from a damaged roof support strap, prompting an investigation by the NSW Mine Safety Investigation Unit. The incident occurred on January 22 at the...
All proceeds from the sale of a new safety drill bit, designed by a Mackay mines services company, are being donated to CQ Rescue to help keep the RACQ Rescue Helicopter Service in the air. Quarry...
