Incident Summary April 2026 edition
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Court fines mining company $575,000
Mining company Wiluna Operations Pty Ltd has been fined $575,000 after an apprentice mechanical fitter suffered a permanent spinal injury and became a paraplegic when a wheel assembly weighing more…...
Drill-boom fall exposes worker to line-of-fire risk
During maintenance on an underground long-hole drill rig, a drill boom suddenly fell and struck a worker, knocking them from their work platform to the ground. The drill’s horseshoe frame…...
Striking tasks eject metal shards and injure workers
Maintenance teams continue to face a serious and preventable hazard: metal fragments ejected during striking tasks. Incidents have occurred during the removal and installation of bucket teeth—known as ground‑engaging tools…...
Tower incidents highlight structural and operational hazards
A review of lighting tower incidents reported across Western Australia over a 13-month period has identified recurring hazards, common failure modes and systemic gaps in asset management. The incidents included…...
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WorkSafe Mines Safety incident InsightsIncident Summary April 2026 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
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Incident Summary March 2026 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
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Incident Summary February 2026 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
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Incident Summary January 2026 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
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Incident Summary December 2025 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
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Incident Summary November 2025 edition
Incident summaries provide a brief overview of workplace events in mining operations that impact health and safety, highlighting causes, outcomes, and preventive actions....
