A contracting company was penalised for almost sealing a worker’s fate. An employee was wrongly engulfed in soil, injured and traumatised. This is the conclusion authorities reached. One worker...
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Two heavy vehicles became involved in a major collision, causing severe damage. Authorities recently examined why one truck suffered a head-on accident while the other experienced a side hit at an...
A mine truck kept moving despite already having an alternate stopping system. Authorities recently examined a heavy vehicle brake failure at an undisclosed operation. “The service brake system...
A fossil fuel operation will shut down in response to occupational health woes. Wollongong Resources recently decided to permanently close its Russell Vale coal mine. The proponent contacted an...
A proposed coal development is one step closer to construction in Queensland’s Isaac region. The State Department of Environment and Science recently approved Vitrinite’s Vulcan South...
An underground worker passed away and others became seriously wounded after mine equipment crushed them. Authorities are investigating four separate incidents where mobile equipment fatally pinned...
Multinational resources companies were urged to settle multi-billion debts in relation to a catastrophic failure. BHP, Vale and their Samarco joint venture should pay compensation for the 2015...
A major mineral producer approved more a favourable employment environment for remote workers. Fly-in fly-out (FIFO) employees will enjoy better conditions while travelling between multiple mine...
Authorities endorsed additional changes to a major mining extension. The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment recently recommended further amendments to Idemitsu Australia’s...
Part of a fossil fuel operation did not lose a single day to workplace injuries or deaths for more than a decade. The past decade has been incident-free at Whitehaven Coal’s Gunnedah Coal...
A resources multinational will retrench hundreds of employees in a major cost-cutting push. About 294 workers are widely expected to be made redundant across most of Albemarle’s operations. A...
Criminally linked employees are suspected of using explosives to attack a mining operation. Authorities are investigating why a group of workers detonated part of Poderosa’s BESS La Morena...