A truck driver plunged to his death after his employer allegedly failed to take safety measures. Authorities recently investigated a heavy vehicle fatality at an undisclosed mine site. The operator...
Category - Driver Safety
A resources executive announced autonomous heavy vehicles are highly dependable. Brandon Craig recently became very excited about fully automated trucks at BHP’s Jimblebar mine, 483km south of...
A major resources producer twice failed to ensure workers return home safely from duty. BHP recently confirmed a pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle at the Olympic Dam mine. “We are...
Tributes are flowing across Australia after two remote mine workers were declared deceased in northwest Queensland. MMG recently confirmed Barminco fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employees Dylan Langridge and...
Forensic image analysis is underway for two resources employees who became lost in northwest Queensland. MMG recently deployed drone technology to help locate a light truck operator and passenger who...
A resources and infrastructure business is pleased with initial heavy vehicle automation results at a mining operation. MACA successfully completed a driverless truck trial at Capricorn...
An anti-mining protestor confessed to unlawfully entering a resources transport corridor and dangerously attaching herself to a heavy vehicle. Megan Byrnes pleaded guilty to trespassing, contravening...
A demonstrator will spend the next 12 months behind bars for repeatedly interfering with mining operations. Eric Herbert was arrested and sentenced without parole for preventing coal trains from...
A multinational mining company and CAT equipment supplier commemorated their first six months of automation training. Rio Tinto and WesTrac recently celebrated their Automated Haulage Systems (AHS)...
A routine resources delivery across Central Queensland’s Rockhampton region tragically ended in a workplace fatality. A Margate family is grieving the loss of a 49-year-old man whose life was...
One of the world’s largest metal producers plans to make its heavy vehicles driverless by the end of 2021. Newmont Australia revealed its new autonomous haulage system (AHS) could be fully up...
A coal mine employee might be sued for allegedly colliding with anti-mining protestors while he was behind the wheel in Central Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Lawyers are considering potential legal...
