Tuesday October 20, marks 31 years since Australia’s worst truck accident resulted in 21 fatalities on October 20, 1989. A long-haul truck driver careered onto the wrong side of the Pacific Highway...
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The Queensland Coal Mines Inspectorate has reported an incident where a scraper has rolled over on surface mine. A loaded scraper has rolled onto its side when endeavouring to traverse from a lower...
Queensland government has released a mine safety alert regarding a service truck incident that resulted from failures within a braking system. Safety Alert | Failure to Lockout Mobile plant...
The NSW Resources Regulator has published a safety alert regarding an exploration drill rig that contacted energised 22kV overhead power lines while travelling across a paddock. One of the three...
Resources Safety & Health Queensland has reported an incident where a worker was struck by a moving stairway on a truck. According to report, a coal mine worker was struck by a moving stairway on...
Whitehaven’s Maules Creek operation has committed to spending over $800,000 in enforceable undertakings in relation to a collision between two trucks on a main haul road of the mine on 21 April...
Another NSW Mining Incident has drawn the industry’s attention on the need to manage windrows. A dump truck reversed through a windrow when backing into a corner of the dump. The ground failed...
The NSW mine safety regulator has been notified of a mining incident that occurred on 13 April 2020 at BHP Mount Arthur Mine near Muswellbrook in NSW. The Regulator said that a haul truck was...
Independence Group NL (ASX: IGO) has confirmed that a contractor has died in Perth hospital following injuries sustained at the Nova Operation on 11 September 2019. The 57-year-old truck driver...
The operator of a quarry in Victoria has been convicted and fined $230,000 after a driver was killed when his vehicle rolled on a stockpile in May 2016. Keilor Melton Quarries Pty Ltd was sentenced...
