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National (other, non-fatal)

Publication: DMIRS (WA)
Damaged excavator recoil spring fragment became projectile – Significant Incident Report #289
In February 2021, a damaged recoil spring assembly for an excavator had been removed from the track arrangement and stored outside a heavy mobile plant workshop. The following morning, a fragment of the spring separated while under compression and travelled approximately 28 metres across the yard and through a workshop wall, coming to rest in a walkway beside a workbench.
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Publication: DMIRS (WA)
Company fined after worker was seriously injured
BHP Iron Ore Pty Ltd was fined $125,000 after a contractor suffered a lacerated artery from being struck in the neck by a metal shard in September 2017.
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Publication: Resources Safety and Health, Queensland (Coal)
Managing exposure to heat in surface coal mines and surface areas of underground coal mines – Guidance note QGN32
The purpose of this guidance note is to provide practical guidance to coal mine operators, employers and employees about how to manage heat exposure at open cut coal mines and on surface areas of underground coal mines, in order to prevent heat-related illness.
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