The mast from a blast-hole drill rig undergoing maintenance was removed and placed horizontally on stands. The hydraulics had been disconnected from the hydraulically operated break out (HOBO) wrench actuating … Continued
A tyre fitter’s fingers have been partially amputated after an accident while operating a hydraulic bead breaker. (Source: Australian Mining) Click here for related link.
Close Call as a dozer hits a natural gas line at a surface sand and gravel plant in the USA. The dozer was cutting a drainage ditch in a roadway berm when … Continued
Resources Safety has developed a frequently asked questions page to assist industry with information about explosives magazine lighting. (Source: Govt WA – Department of Mines and Petroleum). Topics covered include: … Continued
A serious near miss incident occurred when an equipment operator was grazed by the front wheel of a Cat 785 dump truck while he was on the ground conducting pre-start … Continued
Rescue crews on Monday continued trying to reach two miners buried since Friday 3rd June 2016 in the collapse of a gravel pit in Mississippi. The men were operating an … Continued
On 31st May 2016 a loader operator was filling a bin when the loader’s bucket hit the upper body of a miner who entered the area unannounced. (Source: Aggregate Research … Continued
A contract tyre fitter (IP) working on a hired loading shovel suffered bruising to his right arm and left leg after becoming trapped beneath a foam filled tyre and wheel … Continued
A timely reminder after a fatality occurred at a quarry when a dump truck was tipping waste material over the crest of a dump head and the slope failed. This … Continued
WorkSafe is calling on all farmers to make safety their absolute priority following a horror period in which three men died in separate farming incidents over three days. (Source: WorkSafe … Continued
