Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01069 Summary: A worker’s finger was crushed while installing a 6 metre cable bolt. The worker was removing a 4 metre drill string when the gripper jaws failed to hold...
Tag - safety in mining
Safety in mining’s objective is to remove health and safety risks to mine workers, safety in mining practice may also focus on the reduction of risks to plant (machinery) together with the structure and orebody of the mine. Safety in mining practice should focus on the control of hazards to personnel, plant & equipment and the mine’s core assets.
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01074 Summary: A tradesman had the fourth finger on his left hand amputated while preparing a mobile crusher for transport with co-workers. One worker was undoing a nut...
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...
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...
