A mine worker learnt the hard way to check depth before entering water bodies. Authorities recently examined how a dozer became partially submerged at a coal operation in Central Queensland’s...
Category - Health & Safety
Wet weather and substandard construction claimed the lives of more than a dozen subterranean employees. Authorities recently investigated what caused an underground mine to collapse and kill at least...
Authorities are investigating a worker who passed away in Queensland’s Bulloo shire. Queensland Police officers are examining circumstances that led a Condor Energy employee to die in Durham...
A major mineral company managed to increase production without killing any workers. Rio Tinto confirmed its Pilbara operations lifted iron ore production 2 per cent to 331.5 million tonnes (Mt) in...
A contractor who was fatally pinned by a heavy vehicle will be remembered as a good man. Tributes recently flowed for the late Luke O’Brien who died at BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA’s)...
A heavy vehicle incident is suspected of prompting a resources giant to halt production in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Authorities recently started examining what killed a contractor at...
A multinational mineral producer and technology company have reached a new autonomous truck agreement. Epiroc recently secured a new memorandum of understanding to develop, test, utilise, automate...
A damaged barrier prompted a major mineral operation to suspend production. Work could be delayed for up to six weeks until structural issues are resolved at Newmont Corporation’s Telfer mine...
Authorities examined a movement controller after machinery failed to stop. Resources Safety and Health Queensland recently investigated what caused remote equipment to operate uncontrolled at an...
A regulator will stop pursuing a mining company after management addressed substandard employment conditions. Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) will avoid paying up to $1.87 million in fines for 34...
A resources services company, mineral producer and manager was disciplined for failing to prevent a deadly fall. Byrnecut Australia should have erected safety barriers around an excavated void at...
Authorities are examining a blast believed to have targeted a mine train. Investigators are trying to determine how a heavy vehicle became bombed near Glencore’s Cerrejon coal operation. The...
