Incident Summary December 2025 edition
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Mining services company fined $750,000 over crush injury
Mining services company MLG Oz Limited has been fined $750,000—and ordered to pay $6,702.70 in costs—at Perth Magistrates Court over an April 2022 incident at Evolution Mining (Mungari) Pty Ltd’s…...
Falling light fixture narrowly misses worker
An eight-kilogram LED light fixture fell from a workshop’s five-metre-high ceiling and narrowly missed hitting a worker. There were no records of either inspections or maintenance of the LED light…...
Steam release burns worker
A worker sustained thermal burns when they opened a steam ventilation valve located below a ventilation discharge pipe. Water trapped in the vent piping had been heated inadvertently. When the…...
Employers address inappropriate behaviour
A mine operator received a complaint from a direct employee regarding the repeated inappropriate and unwanted behaviour of a contractor-employed worker. The contractor-employed worker asked colleagues about the affected worker’s…...
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WorkSafe Mines Safety incident InsightsIncident 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....
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Incident Summary October 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 September 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 August 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 July 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....
