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...
Tag - crush injuries
Resources executives will face no further public scrutiny over an underground fatality. Authorities recently dropped charges against four managers over an underground electrician who died at Fitzroy...
Mineral processing machinery killed a worker. Authorities recently examined how an employee became fatally injured at an undisclosed operation. Investigators revealed the crew member had tried to...
Load lifting equipment became unbalanced and fatally struck a worker. Authorities recently examined how a forklift mast weighing up to 2.7 tonnes topped and fell onto a technician performing...
A national contractor failed to maintain a safe employment environment, killing a team member on the job. Hansen Yuncken recently entered into an enforceable undertaking after two large steel pipes...
Fossil fuel executives complained about a lack of career advancement and incentives resulting from one workplace fatality. Russell Uhr has neither been promoted nor received any performance bonuses...
Bulga Underground Operations has been found responsible for an incident at the Beltana coal mine in 2010 that saw a worker sustain severe crush injuries. According to the Newcastle Herald the worker...
The construction worker who died at Boggabri mine in NSW three weeks ago received his fatal crush injuries when his head became trapped between the protective rail over the console of the ‘cherry...
