A mix up in radio channels has resulted in a 100 tonne Caterpillar dozer reversing over a light vehicle at the Mount Arthur coal mine in the Upper Hunter of NSW. This is the finding of NSW Mine...
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There is no doubt that vehicle operators of heavy equipment have to accomplish difficult tasks. The increase in mine productivity has led to a proportional increase in equipment size. Most vehicles...
Safe Work Australia has released their annual Fact Sheet on the mining sector, analysing national statistics from the 2011-12 financial year. The findings make for very interesting reading: Overview...
WA’s Department of Mines and Petroleum won its appeal against mining contractor HWE Mining Pty Ltd in Perth’s Supreme Court last Friday. The court ordered a retrial after upholding the...
A 23 year old mine worker died last night at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek iron ore mine in WA’s Pilbara from injuries he received in an accident at the heavy vehicle workshop. Another man...
A contractor has been crushed to death by a coal truck at Glencore’s Ravensworth open cut mine in the Hunter Valley near Singleton in NSW. Operations at the mine were immediately shut down...
The Northern Territory branch of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) has expressed concern that four drums used for uranium yellowcake transport have recently been found at a property...
Darren Reid from Cannington Copper Mine in North West Qld has taken out BHP’s Excellence Award in Health against a field of international contenders. The award winners were announced in...
