Officials are examining circumstances surrounding a workplace fatality in Central Queensland’s Isaac region. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WorkSafe) and the Queensland Police Service...
Tag - heavy vehicles
Heavy vehicle operation is a high-risk industry, and with so many professional drivers travelling alongside other staff and members of the public, safety is of paramount importance in fleet...
A sudden movement caused part of a heavy vehicle to come crashing down onto an underground employee. During routine maintenance a fitter accidentally bumped a stay that was holding up a truck cabin...
Employers will have to fit more innovative motion inhibitors to reduce the risk of workplace accidents. New road-registered heavy vehicles must be able to detect likely forward collisions, warn...
A mining company and its contractor collapsed after a worker died in Queensland’s Wide Bay-Burnett region. Goondicum Resources and an independent haulage company permanently shut down...
The NSW Resources Regulator has directly engaged with more than 13,000 mine workers as part of a targeted awareness campaign to bring attention to the risk of collisions involving heavy mining...
The NSW Resources Regulator will start an intensive awareness campaign that specifically targeted mine workers to address the risk of collisions involving heavy mining equipment. The NSW Resources...
A new report from Australia’s largest trucking insurer and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has confirmed operators who effectively maintain their vehicles are less likely to be involved in...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and SafeAI, a pioneer in autonomous heavy equipment, has announced a strategic relationship to incorporate tire intelligence into the programming of autonomous...
The Queensland State government has commenced an action against an ammonium nitrate trucking company for almost $8 million in damages following a road train explosion in 2014 near Charleville. The...
