A haul truck has been involved in an incident which saw the truck tip backwards onto its’ tailgate following loading. The incident occurred at around 9 am Wednesday at the Mount Arthur mine.
In a statement issued by BHP the company said: “As is standard procedure, the site emergency response was immediately activated.”
“The operator was assessed by paramedics at site after safely exiting the vehicle. He only sustained minor injuries, and did not need to be conveyed off-site for further medical assessment or treatment.”
“An investigation into the incident has been launched.”
Operator’s told AMSJ that they believed the incident has resulted from poor ramp design coupled with operator error. The incident reportedly occurred following an unbalanced load from a digger on a steep ramp. Conditions of the ramp had been previously reported to site management according to one source.
We note that the incident may be subject to a full investigation by the Regulator.
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I watched this accident unfold. This was not an operator error. This was to my knowledge a lack of maintenance, repairs and a failure to repair the failing component after it had reportably had this issue on the previous shift and BHP choosing production$$ over the safety of their operator’s put it back into production after doing a very rough inspection. Their reason for putting it back into production “they couldnt get the truck to replicate the malfunction”. So they couldnt find the source of the failing component. Obviously nothing new here…
This particular truck 939 T282 Leihbeir was involved in multiple accidents with the truck malfunctioning in a similar way every time.
BHP shouldve lost their lease at Mnt Arthur years ago. So many accidents, so many injured workers.