The director of a shed building company has become the first person to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment under WA’s workplace safety and health laws. Director of MT Sheds (WA) Pty Ltd –...
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Arrowes, a leading manufacturer of roading safety solutions, has just launched its biggest innovation yet, the Automated Cone Truck (ACT) which will set entirely new safety and efficiency benchmarks...
High potential incidents across the Queensland mining industry are climbing according to information released this week. A Courier-Mail investigation found that the state has secretly recorded more...
Dragline bench failure in mines in Queensland has been evidenced over many years. AMSJ has a range of exclusive images on dragline incidents.
A 56-year-old mine worker with 18 years mining experience has lost an arm in a roof bolter accident in Contura Energy’s Deep 41 Mine. According to the US-based Mine Safety & Health...
A roof fall at a Victorian gold mine left a worker shaken and unable to do his job three years later a court has heard. Worker installing ground support hears thump and whoosh of air behind him. The...
In a somewhat bizarre but frightening incident, a Load Haul Dumper (LHD) operator has shut down an underground coal mine when a raised bucket clipped high voltage cables in a roadway. The NSW...
A tyre changing incident has left a contractor in a serious condition after a truck tire he was changing exploded at the Elk Valley Coal mine in Canada. Rick Kennedy, a Maxam Bulk Services employee...
Haul truck brake hose inspection critical to minimising fire risks. The dangers of plant fires from leaking hydraulic hoses has been well documented across the Australian mining industry. In an...
The NSW Resources Regulator has released a report on a serious refuelling incident that resulted in significant burns to a mineworker. The incident resulted when high flow diesel was pumped into a...
