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Truck mixer accident

Speeding ‘auto pilot’ driver writes off truck

A distracted, lead-footed operator caused his employer’s heavy vehicle to become a total loss. Authorities recently examined why an employee drove into oncoming traffic and wrote off a loaded...

Komatsu driverless trucks

Mining giant accepts blame for workplace fatality

A multinational resources company confessed to unlawfully causing one employee death at a mine site. A Rio Tinto subsidiary recently pleaded guilty to failing to enforce speed limits, resulting in a...

truck rollover incident

Articulated dump truck rollover incident

MinEx NZ has published a safety alert of an articulated dump truck incident. According to the report that a loaded articulated dump truck was on a ramp leaving the pit as the operator attempted to...

A speeding haul truck has lost control according to the mining safety regulator

Haul truck speeding at 57 km/h loses control

The NSW Mining Safety regulator has released details of a haul truck speeding incident that resulted in the loss of control of a fully laden truck at a NSW mine. The incident has once again re...

Speed Radar

Speeding On-Sites Still An Issue

The hazards of speeding on mining and energy sites across Australians has been well documented and investigated over many years however, according to many site based HSE Officers, the problem still...