Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Pty Ltd has been fined $250,000 in Perth Magistrates Court in relation to the death of one of its employees at the Telfer Gold Mine on 15 May 2015.
In handing down the penalty on 1 April 2019, the court took into account the company’s guilty plea with costs of $30,000 also ordered.
FQM Australia Nickel Pty Ltd was today fined $35,000 in the Esperance Magistrates Court after a ruptured tank spilled more than 10,000 litres of hot acidic slurry at the company’s Ravensthorpe nickel operations.
In May 2017, a field technician working on top of the processing tank had to jump across a three-metre drop to avoid the slurry that had burst through the tank’s fibreglass roof.
The spray from the mixture contacted his clothing and the skin on his lower back and face.
Mining operator fined after telehandler and load fall
FQM Australia Nickel Pty Ltd was today fined $19,000 in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court following an incident where a telehandler rolled over endangering two workers at the Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine on 11 January 2017.
The mining operator pleaded guilty after being charged with failing to provide a safe working environment under the Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 (WA).
Indus Mining Services Pty Ltd was today fined $60,000 and ordered to pay $6,000 in costs over the death of a contractor who suffered a severe allergic reaction after being stung by a bee in February 2018.
The 34-year-old engineering surveyor was working alone at Iluka Resources' Cataby mine site around 150km north of Perth.
An experienced explosives expert Bruce William Fagan and his business, Explotise Pty Ltd, were today fined a total of $175,000 in the Armadale Magistrates Court for 12 dangerous goods offences, including unlicensed storage and failing to minimise the risks from ammunition, explosives and other dangerous goods.
In handing down the penalty, the court said there was a very real possibility of an explosion and that Mr Fagan had shown a wanton disregard for the safety of his neighbours and local community.
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) reminds workers to guard against the effects of extreme temperatures in work environments following a forecast of above-average temperatures this summer.
DMIRS Director Mines Safety Andrew Chaplyn said the extremes of Western Australia's climate means heat stress is a significant risk that needs to be managed across mining and exploration operations.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston has welcomed the annual Mines Safety Roadshow and its focus on promoting on-site risk awareness.
Hosted by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, the month-long series of roadshows starts in Kalgoorlie, before travelling across nine other Western Australian cities and towns.
The eight winners of the inaugural Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2019 were announced at Optus Stadium this morning. They include:
Ron Addison was driving a triple road train delivering a load of fuel from the Linfox depot in Port Hedland to BHP’s Yandi mine site. The unsealed access road to the Yandi site had been flooded by rain in the days prior to the incident causing significant damage with potholes and mounds of dirt across the surface.
Dangerous Goods Licensing processes applications for:
From 1 April 2019, the Dangerous Goods Licensing Branch will be located at:
Customer Service Centre, Level 1
303 Sevenoaks Street (entrance on Grose Avenue)
CANNINGTON
The new postal address and phone number:
