Unsecured heavy vehicle parts slid off a trailer and rolled away. Authorities recently investigated how a 200 kilo drill head, and 2.7-tonne tyre and rim, unexpectedly exited a truck on the way to an...
Category - Health & Safety
Failing to hold objects without dropping them could have helped launch a heavy vehicle part into the air. Authorities are investigating how a 2.5-tonne haul truck wheel rim separated from the tyre...
More than a dozen employees needed emergency medical attention at a resources operation. Authorities have been notified that at least 13 workers were hospitalised during February 2024 at...
A lost mineral transporter has been discovered more than a century after it took the lives of dozens of employees. Authorities recently examined what was left of the SS Nemesis coal vessel. The 73...
A drowsy crew member will work at his own pace after making too many errors. One employer recently agreed to let a restless worker choose his own start and finish times with a flexible roster at an...
A heavy vehicle operator died after attempting to release his load on a slope. Authorities recently examined how a truck driver was killed while dumping a load on uneven surfaces during 2 January...
A subterranean operation failed to extinguish an unexpected blaze affecting driverless underground machinery. Authorities are investigating why a fire affecting an autonomous heavy vehicle was not...
An international mineral producer significantly reduced its fatality rate through behavioural change. South32 reported no workplace deaths for the first half of the 2024 financial year. The company...
An electrochemical device detonated and ignited twice while in a worker’s possession. Authorities recently investigated what caused an e-cigarette to explode and catch on fire multiple times...
Remote workers could have experienced breathing difficulties when fatally crashing in Queensland’s McKinlay Shire. Authorities suspect a lack of oxygen could have caused a fly-in fly-out plane...
Prioritising productivity over worker wellbeing could have led to deadly consequences, an advocacy warned. Industry representatives have accused a multinational resources producer of neglecting its...
A vehicle that fatally pinned a contractor is the subject of an official investigation. Authorities have released preliminary findings from the recent death of Luke O’Brien at BHP Mitsubishi...
