Incident Summary September 2026 edition
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Mine owner and operator fined $810,000 over worker injury
Mine owner and operator FQM Australia Nickel Pty Ltd has been fined $810,000 and ordered to pay $11,096.20 in costs by the Albany Magistrates Court over an incident in which…...
Improvising lifting arrangement fails during plate reinstallation
Workers narrowly avoided injury after a chain block and 190-kilogram steel plate fell more than 10 metres during refurbishment work on a leach tank. Maintenance workers were reinstalling the steel…...
Light vehicle leaves mine road in dust plume
A worker narrowly avoided injury after a light vehicle left a mine road and entered a drainage area when bulldust reduced visibility. The light vehicle was travelling behind another vehicle…...
Suspected exhaust fan failure starts accommodation fire
A suspected failure of a wall-mounted exhaust fan started a fire in the bathroom of a room within a mine accommodation facility. Initial findings indicate the exhaust fan may have…...
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WorkSafe Mines Safety incident InsightsIncident Summary September 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 August 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 July 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 June 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 May 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 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....
