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...
Category - Health & Safety
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...
Almost a dozen subterranean employees plunged to their death. Authorities are examining how lifting machinery fatally dropped 11 night shift workers at Implats’ Impala mine. Investigators are...
Workplace unrest continued for several days with dire consequences at a subterranean operation. Authorities are examining why hundreds of employees stayed underground for more than 96 hours. The Gold...
A mining services company could be formally accused of interfering with computer systems in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. An industry group recently demanded that Mastermyne be charged...
A resources employee became fatally injured while repairing subterranean equipment. Authorities recently investigated how a roof bolting machine killed an underground mine worker at an undisclosed...
Resources executives will face no further public scrutiny over an underground fatality. Authorities recently dropped charges against four managers over an underground electrician who died at Fitzroy...
A sustainable mineral producer conceded it could have done more to avoid a major workplace incident. Sandfire Resources recently pleaded guilty for failing to shield workers from hazards at the...
A heavy vehicle reversed into and killed a worker, resulting in severe penalties for the responsible company. Authorities recently examined how a contracted truck driver became fatally struck by a...
An emergency expert has been internationally applauded after freeing dozens of trapped underground employees. Arnold Dix earned a prime ministerial commendation for rescuing 41 stranded workers from...
