Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/00971 Summary: A workshop roof was damaged when an articulated truck hit it. After completing the pre-use inspection, the tub was still raised and the operator tried...
Tag - mining and safety
Mining and safety are inextricably linked to the protection of workers in the mining environment. Mining practices have been known to claim the lives of mine workers for hundreds of years. By applying effective hazard control mining and safety can be linked positively.
From the media room of WorkSafe NZ: We have accepted an enforceable undertaking from fibreboard manufacturing company Dongwha New Zealand Limited, following an incident in December 2016 where a...
A worker was holding onto the feeder while trying to clear a blockage in a jaw crusher, when a rock hit his hand and he sustained injury to the hand, requiring medical treatment. The cause of...
Vega’s non-contact, continuous level measurement system Vegapuls 69 continues to prove its versatility in bulk solid measuring, being utilised for the purpose of rock crusher level control, a...
A worker suffered suspected neck injuries when an excavator was loading a dump truck. The mounts on a hydraulic tank on the dump truck failed during the incident. Recommendations to industry: When...
A haul truck breached a windrow at a dump. The position 5 and 6 wheels breached the windrow and the operator only stopped when called by another operator. There was a 20m drop behind the windrow...
An excavator overturned while cleaning up a bench. The bench was 1.5m high. Recommendations to industry: Equipment operators must maintain situational awareness and remain vigilant of the risk of...
An excavator was tramming underground when it hit a light vehicle. The excavator was carrying a hydraulic hammer at the time. As it trammed around a corner, the operator did not see the parked light...
A large pressure bump occurred in a development roadway. Workers on the continuous miner at the time were peppered workers with coal on a continuous miner. A dust storm followed. The rib moved and...
Packaging from a black powder product was found smouldering in the extraction drive by the shotfirer and his assistant. Four cartridges were found in this state. The root cause of packaging being...
