| NZDOL 090702 Haz42 |
Fatality - Bulldozer Brake Failure |
| NZDOL 080215 aa30 Frontbucket | FEL are not designewd as power operated work platforms... |
| NZDOL 071220 aa28 Mine Explosives | Magazine records must accurately
show the quantity of new stock... |
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Worldwide Mine Incident Reports from Mark Freeman:
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Mining Accident News No 1025  | Chile: Underground Dreams - Beer, Hugs and Weddings |
| Mining Accident News No 1024 | International experts gather for mining safety conference
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| Mining Accident News No 1023 |
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| Mining Accident News No 1022 |
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| Mining Accident News No 1021
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| Mining Accident News No 1019 |
| Mining Accident News No 1018 | |
Mining Accident News No 1017
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| Mining Accident News No 1016
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| Mining Accident News No 1015
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| Mining Accident News No 1014
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| Mining Accident News No 1013
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| Mining Accident News No 1012
| "Extra mines inspectors are being hired this year in a move to improve safety at sites (WA) |
| Mining Accident News No 1010
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| Mining Accident News No 1009 |
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| Mining Accident News No 1008 |
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| Mining Accident News No 1006 | |
| Mining Accident News No 1005 | |
| Mining Accident News No 1004 | |
| Mining Accident News No 1003 | Muscular-skeletal disorders in mining, survey
results released... |
| Mining Accident News No 1002 | |
| Mining Accident News No 1001 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0936 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0935 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0934 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0933 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0932 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0931 | QLD: Fatigue puts safety in jeopardy |
| Mining Accident News No 0929
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| Mining Accident News No 0928 | Mining accidents - reporting to next of
kin |
| Mining Accident News No 0927 | Harmony shuts S.Africa gold plant after
fatality | |
| Mining Accident News No 0926 | A Beaconsfield miner recognised for bravery
in the 2006 mine rescue in northern Tasmania says many miners are still helping each other get over the disaster. | |
| Mining Accident News No 0925
| NZ: Man in stable condition after mining accident (Stockton) |
| Mining Accident News No 0924
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| Mining Accident News No 0923 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0921 | WA: Rockfalls at Nickel mine 'could
force BHP mine closure'
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| Mining Accident News No 0920 |
WA: Kambalda mine death inquest begins.. more |
| Mining Accident News No 0919 |
QLD chosen to manage new Australia-China mine project at the Xuandong coal mine, 150km from Beijing... |
| Mining Accident News No 0918 | WA - Relief over successful mine
rescue.. |
| Mining Accident News No 0917 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0916 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0915 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0914 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0913 | ...Worker faked mine reports,
state says...more |
| Mining Accident News No 0912 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0911 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0910 | "At 9.30am on Thursday the
26th of March 1896, an explosion deep in the Brunner Mine killed all 65 miners inside, and was labeled the worst mining disaster in New Zealand’s
history..." |
| Mining Accident News No 0909 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0908 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0907 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0906 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0905 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0904 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0903 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0902 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0901 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0831 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0830 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0828 | Beaconsfield; China;
Indonesia; South Africa reports.. |
| Mining Accident News No 0827 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0826 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0825 | Various reports from around
the world |
| Mining Accident News No 0823 | Accident reports from USA,
China, Philipines, Austtalia, South Africa... |
| Mining Accident News No 0822 | ..Last witness at Beaconsfield
gives evidence 25/9/08..
265 killed in Chinese mine mud-slide... |
| Mining Accident News No 0820 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0818 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0817 | South Africa - A seismic event
measuring 1.2 on the Richter occurred ... caused a fall of ground, which trapped three miners; More Beaconsfield... |
| Mining Accident News No 0816 | Various mining tragedies; More
revelations at Beaconsfield;... more |
| Mining Accident News No 0815 | Beaconsfield inquest
continues... China mining accidents down |
| Mining Accident News No 0814 | Beaconsfield inquest continues
... |
| Mining Accident News No 0813 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0811 | |
| Mining Accident News No 0810 | Various coal mining incidents
and accidents ... |
| Mining Accident News No 0805 | Poor operating procedures
blamed for coal mine flood...
Mechanic killed at West Viginia coal prep plant...
Gas explosion in southwest China coal mine kills 14...
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| Mining Accident News No 0802 | Magnate under fire over mine
death...
Heavy rains hit Qld's coal mines...
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NSW Reports: |
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| NSW Safety Alert 10-03 | Shearer operator crushed by automated longwall roof support |
| NSW Safety Bulletin 10-05 | Airborne Dust - Inhalable Dust Control |
| NSW Safety Bulletin 10-04 | Two-post light vehicle maintenance hoists |
| NSW Safety Alert10-01 | Longwall hydraulic system
over-pressurised |
| NSW Safety Bulletin 10-03 | Mobile plant - safety critical systems
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| NSW Safety Bulletin 10-02 | Handling earthmoving equipment tyres
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| NSW Safety Bulletin 10-01 | Brake problems associated with road registered truck use at mines
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| NSW Safety Bulletin 09-05 | Failure of mobile equipment braking systems and procedures
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| NSW Safety Alert 09-14 | Crane A-frame mast falls on rigger |
| NSW Safety Alert 09-13 | Light vehicle drives off bench in open cut mine
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| NSW Safety Bulletin 09-04 | Human interaction with backhoes and excavators
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| NSW Safety Bulletin 09-03 | Broken pull chain results in fatality |
| NSW-Safety Alert 09-11 | Rail loading bin spill |
| NSW-Safety Alert 09-10 | Directional boring fatality |
| NSW-Safety Alert 09-09 | Rock falls from elevated conveyor onto worker’s head |
| NSW-Safet Alert 9-08 | Misfire of explosives |
| NSW Safety Bulletin 09-02 | Mobile equipment contact with high-voltage overhead
powerlines | |
| NSW SafetyAlert 09-07 | Structural failure and collapse of drill rig mast |
| NSW SafetyAlert 09-06 | Fatality - Repairs to Longwall Shearer |
| NSW Saftey Alert 09-05
| Mine worker crushed against rib by
remote-controlled continuous miner |
| NSW Safety Alert 0904 | Hydraulic injection near miss |
| NSW Safety Alert 09-03
| Truck operator fatality... |
| NSW Safety Alert 09-
02
| Diesel engines run on methane-enriched atmosphere |
| NSW Safety Alert 09-01
| Driver injured in dump truck rollover... |
| NSW Safety Alert 08-12 | Anti-friction washer
ignites. |
| NSW-Crane-Incident | Castle Hill. Remember to shore up concrete floors when using mobile
cranes... |
| NSW Safety Bulletin 08-08
| Mineworkers injured in machinery crush zones |
| NSW Safety Bulletin Nov08 |
Mineworkers injured in machinery crush zones | |
| WorkerStruck | Establish and enforce safe work procedures for working around mobile equipment...
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| Worker crushed by sliding backhoe | The backhoe
was positioned on a 1-in-4.7 slope entry to a
sump...
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| NSW Mining Safety Report - Aug 08 | Focus on OSH |
| NSW Safety Bulletin
080725 | Failure of fire suppression system on rear dump truck... |
| NSW Saftey Bulletin 080605 | Working near quarry
benches |
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The maximum bridge load wasn’t 100 tonnes after all, it was 10 tonnes! Pesky little zero…………
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| NSW Mining Safety Update, Feb 2008 | New safety legislation
introduced for NSW mines..
First duty is to nominate a mine operator... |
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QLD Reports: |
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| QLD July 2010 Serious accident and HPI reports | |
| QLD safety_alert248 | Facial impact injury from fuel tank cap releasing under pressure
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| QLD Safety Alert 247 | Trucks tipping over edge
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| QLD Safety Alert 246 | Driver fatigue
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| QLD Safety Alert 39 v3 | Current leakage causes explosives to misfire in underground coal shot |
| QLD Feb 2010 Serious Accident & HPI Reports | |
| QLD Jan 2010 Serious Accident & HPI Reports | |
| QLD Safety Alert 241 | Rupture of High Pressure Hydraulic Line |
| QLD Safety Alert100203 | HV Cubicle Arc Flash |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 94 | Excessive watering of haul-roads |
| QLD Safety Incident Report 76 | Fatality involving a water truck |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 93 | Sunlight and other ultraviolet radiation risk
management |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 92 | Severe weather events |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 91 | Heat Stress |
| QLD Safety Alert 237 | Rear Dump Truck Drives Over Light Vehicle |
| QLD Safety Alert 231 | Arc flash injuries received from 22kV ring main unit |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 90 | Brake Problems on On-Highway Trucks at Mines |
| QLD Safety Alert 233 | Risk of nervous system disorder from inhaling electrical
cleaning solvent vapours containing 1 Bromopropane |
| QLD Safety Alert 42 | Crushing fatality – pipe racks load shift | |
QLD Safety Alert 232 | Vehicle collisions - how long before it's really bad? |
| QLD HPI Accidents to 300409 | |
| QLD News Update 090728 | Vehicle accident at underground mine |
| QLD News Update 090707 | Fatal Accident at a Quarry near Townsville |
| QLD Safety Alert 228 | Fatal Accident - Loader Enters Open Stope |
| QLD Safety Alert 224 | |
| QLD News Update 090605 | Prosecution following mine accident at Riverton limestone
mine |
| QLD News Update 090604 | Fatal Accident at Underground Mine near Mt
Isa.. |
| QLD Safety Bulletin 88 | 2008-09 Fatalities.. |
| QLD Safety Alert 223 | Apprentice Injured While Maintaining Mobile
Crusher |
| QLD Safety Alert 221 | Flameproof Alternator Electrical Protection
Systems |
| QLD Safety Alert 220 | Arcing Fault Causes Flash Burns and Equipment
Damage |
| QLD Safety Alert 219 | Man Basket Security |
| QLD Safety Alert 218 | Fatal Impact of Light Vehicle into Rear of Heavy Vehicle |
| QLD Incident Report 72 - March09 | Lifting Lug Failure... |
| QLD Crane Incident Report 066
| HAZARD: Falling hook and headache ball.. |
QLD Serious Accident and HPI Report
Nov08-
Jan09 | |
| QLD Incident Report 74 090117 | Uncontrolled movement of cables and cable
drums |
| QLD Safety Alert 217 | Failure of towing components and inappropriate safety chain
arrangements |
| QLD 081210 News Update
| Safety of mine and quarry workers during
extreme weather events |
| QLD Safety Alert 215 | Gate Valve Failure |
| QLD Safety Alert 213 | ...electromagnetic interference with the electronic throttle positioning
sensor |
| QLD Safety Alert 212 | Fatal Crush Injury.. |
| QLD Safety Alert 211 | Light Vehicle Rim Cracking |
| QLD Safety Alert 210 | Dozer Falls from Bench |
| QLD Safety Alert 209 | Contamination of Fresh / Potable Water
Supply |
| QLD Safety Alert 208 | Incorrectly assembled split rims on forklift |
| QLD Safety Alert 204 | Personnel standing in machinery operating zones. |
| QLD 081110 Newsupdate | ..Fatally injured when he jumped from the 38 metre
highwall into water in the bottom of the pit... |
| QLD 080930 Safety Bulletin86 | ..coal mines and mobile equipment account for
the vast majority of the fires... more |
QLD 080923 SafetyAlert205 | A rear dump truck and a light vehicle
collided at a mine ramp intersection.... |
QLD 081128 Serious
Accident and HPI Report
1 Jul - 31 Oct 2008 | |
QLD 080905 Serious
Accident & HPI Report
1 May - 30 Jun 08 |
numerous report on all 10 aspects of safety:
* Gravity – Fall of Person
* Gravity – Fall of Equipment
* Gravity – Rockfall
* Mechanical
* Mechanical – Vehicle Collision
* Mechanical – Vehicle Loss of Control
* Explosion
* Thermal – Fire
* Electrical
* Other |
| QLD 0808 Newsletter | Changes to mine safety laws; Safety and Health
recruitment program; Proximity detection systems; Tilman’s tyre tips..more |
| QLD 080625 Safety Bulletin 82 | Product Alert / Recall...
an issue with some 1.5 tonne Rig-Mate lever hoists. |
| QLD 080625 Safety Bulletin 77 | Earthmover Trye & Rim Safety |
QLD 080619 Serious
Accident & HPI Summary
Report 1-30 April 2008 | Gravity – Fall of a Person ... |
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QLD 080602 Safety Bulletin 79 | Quarry Benches revisited |
QLD 080422 Serious Accident &
HPI
Summary Report 16-31 March 2008 | Gravity – Fall of Equipment... |
| QLD 080418 Safety Alert 194 | Well Done! Collision Saved by Centre Rill on Haul
Road... |
| QLD 080318 Safety Alert 187 | Vehicle/Mobile plant support stands |
| QLD 080315 hpi Accident Report | Summary of reported incidents for period 1
January-15 March 2008 |
| QLD 080221 Safety Alert 192 | Dump truck brake failure and rollover at escape
ramp |
| QLD 080215 Safety Alert 19[v1] | Fire in rear tray of shotfirer vehicle |
| QLD 080118 Newsupdate | Fatal Accident at an Underground Mine |
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VIC Reports: |
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| VIC Alert-HaulTruck0903 |
Know and understand the vehicle’s blind spots.. |
| VIC SIR 0812 | Batter Collapse Update v2 |
| VIC 0805 Skillsaw | What a shocker - leave the skillsaw guard on |
| VIC 0803 SIR | Major ground fall traps miners … |
| VIC 0802 SIR | Impact of blasting fumes… |
| VIC 0801 SIR | Major collapse of batter in open-cut coalmine… |
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WA Reports: |
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| WA Safety Bulletin No91 | Use of wooden blocks to support earthmoving equipment |
| WA-SIR162 | Fitter struck by roller shutter support bracket |
| WA Safety Bulletin No 87 | Excavating near cables buried in the ground |
| WA Safety Bulletin No 86 | Death of an airleg miner in a rockfall |
| WA-SIR154.pdf | Heavy wire lifting slings fell from crane hook – employees injured.. |
| WA Mines Safety Bulletin 84 | Failure of light vehicle steering box
shaft |
| WA Mines Safety Bulletin 83 | Earthing of ANFO loaders used
underground |
| WA-SIR153 | Truck driver fell from deck of Caterpillar 777D haul truck |
| WA-SIR151 | Crushed in elevated working Platform (EWP)
pinch point.. |
| WA=18 - Calibre - Working in the Field | Four-
wheel drive incident "The branch could have easily protruded through the driver’s seat causing a fatal accident..." |
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USA Reports: |
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| Significant Event 09-06-04 | Fatality - Ped vs LV Run
Over |
| Significant Event 08-02-23 | Backhoe Contacted Gas line |
| Significant Event 09-02-21 | Surface Production Drilling Mast Failure |
| Significant Event 09-02-15 | Underground Shaft Cage Movement |
| Significant Event 09-02-04 | Processing Loader Causing Rock Fall |
| Significant Event 09-01-06 | Fatality KCGM Fall from HV Cat 777D |
| Significant Event 08-11-12 | Underground Bogger Struck Light Vehicle |
| Significant Event 08-10-09 | FATALITY Truck Work Shop Tool Rack Fall |
| Significant Event 08-08-23 | Exploration Drill Tower Failure |
| Significant Event 08-08-09 | Surface Mining Rock vs Excavator |
| Significant Event 08-08-01 | Drill Rig Exploration |
| Significant Event 08-06-17 | Excavator vs HV Lines |
| Significant Event 08-06-06 | Electrcial Cable Cut by Slashing Weeds |
| Significant Event 08-03-26 | Surface Mining Blasting Incident |
| Significant Event 08-03-11 | Production Drill Mast Failure |
| USA-0905-MNMFatals | |
| USA 090117 | Hopper engulfment fatality.. |
| USA 090106 | Struck by falling material fatality..
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| USA 081211 | EWP fatality...Allow only authorized and qualified personnel to
operate an aerial lift. |
| USA 081022 | Dozer rollover fatality... |
| USA MNM Falling Material Alert 2009 | Between Jan06 & Jan09, there
have been 10 fatal and 20 non-fatal accidents involving falling/sliding material.. |
| USA 081117 | Struck by Mobile
Equipment Fatality Report |
| USA 081029 | Fall of Load Fatality Report |
| USA 081028 | Dump Truck Nose
to Tail Fatality Report |
| USA 081017 | Rockfall Fatality Report |
| USA 081016 | Continuous Miner Crush
Fatality Report |
| USA 081009 | Fall of Equipment Fatality
Report |
| USA 081007 | Chute Material
Engulfment Fatality Report |
| USA 081001 | Vehicle into Water Fatality
Report |
| USA 080901 | Fall through Opening Fatality
Report |
| USA Fatality - Dredge Pond | Loader driver drowns. Sand slump at edge of Dredging
pond.... |
| USA 080818
| ..Use sling or chain assemblies (rigging) specifically intended for lifting and adequately rated for the loads being lifted.
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| USA 080815 Floodlight Electrocution Fatality
Report | Best Practices ...De-energize power from the circuit and lock out/tag the switch..more |
| USA 080531 Rockfall Fatality Report | Driller / Rockfall incident..
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| USA 080522 Crusher Fatality Report | |
 | USA 080517 Truck Fall Fatality Report
Tipping at Stockpile face ...
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| USA 080507 Various Coalmining Accidents
News | Articles of Coal Accidents - USA, Kyrgyzstan, Russia; Tasmania Safety Update... |
| USA 080503 Drowning Fatality Report | Excavator Operator in sand
mine... |
| USA 080424 Struck By Loader Fatality
Report | Underground sand mine .. |
| USA 080422 Rockfall Fatality Report | |
| USA 080421 Backfill Fall Fatality Report | |
| USA 080418 Crush Fatality Report | Avoid the Red
Zone ... |
| USA 080312 - Dozer Belly Pan Fatality | |
| USA 080225 - Surveyor Struck By Shuttlecar
Fatality | |
| USA 080218 - Overhead Powerline Fatality | |
| USA 080201 - Dozer Engine Fatality | |
| USA 080126 - Struck By Underground Truck
Fatality | |
| USA 080125 - Struck By Falling Object
Fatality | |
| USA 080112 - Highwall Collapse Fatality | |
| USA 080108 - Truck Over Tip Head Fatality |
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| USA 070612 Fatal Falling Material Accident | Killed
when...entered a trench and was struck by a large section of clay when a vertical wall of the trench collapsed.... |
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