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...
Category - Health & Safety
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...
A contracting company was penalised for almost sealing a worker’s fate. An employee was wrongly engulfed in soil, injured and traumatised. This is the conclusion authorities reached. One worker...
Two heavy vehicles became involved in a major collision, causing severe damage. Authorities recently examined why one truck suffered a head-on accident while the other experienced a side hit at an...
A mine truck kept moving despite already having an alternate stopping system. Authorities recently examined a heavy vehicle brake failure at an undisclosed operation. “The service brake system...
A fossil fuel operation will shut down in response to occupational health woes. Wollongong Resources recently decided to permanently close its Russell Vale coal mine. The proponent contacted an...
An underground worker passed away and others became seriously wounded after mine equipment crushed them. Authorities are investigating four separate incidents where mobile equipment fatally pinned...