Near miss between light vehicle and haul truck The hazards of complex intersection design in open cut mines were highlighted when a light vehicle operator had to take evasive action to prevent a...
Tag - mining Queensland
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01069 Summary: A worker’s finger was crushed while installing a 6 metre cable bolt. The worker was removing a 4 metre drill string when the gripper jaws failed to hold...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01074 Summary: A tradesman had the fourth finger on his left hand amputated while preparing a mobile crusher for transport with co-workers. One worker was undoing a nut...
Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01088 Summary: A service truck rolled while leaving a mine site. At a right-hand bend on a gravel road, the driver swerved, lost control and the truck tipped on its...
High potential incident | SinNot 2018/01095 Summary: During a routine service on a load haul dump vehicle, the machine failed to shut down on low scrubber water. An investigation found the safety...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01099 Summary: A rib failure occurred, striking two workers. One worker suffered several fractures on his right femur and a fractured vertebra in his back...
Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01106 Summary: A worker suffered a finger injury that required stitches. While installing support with an air track bolter, a timber jack was lowered and a butterfly...
The Resources Regulator NSW has seen an increase in notifiable incidents related to equipment breaching windrows. Windrow breaches place operators at serious risk. These incidents have occurred at...
A drill rig at an open cut coal mine trammed over and through a highwall windrow resulting in the machine straddling the windrow with one track suspended over the edge of the highwall. During the...
Komatsu Rutherford, in New South Wales, has won a safety award for building equipment that is safer for its workers. The company won the ICare June Aware safety award for mechanising a process that...
