Work accident feed · Industry
Deaths and serious injuries at mines, quarries and energy projects, and the investigations that follow.
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Anthony “Tony” Ticehurst won a workplace injury claim against Peabody Energy Australia after suffering a spinal injury while driving a coal dump truck at the Wilpinjong Mine near Mudgee. The ABC reported…
On Tuesday, 29 October 2025, an underground explosion at Polymetals' Endeavor Mine near Cobar in western New South Wales claimed two lives. A man in his 60s died at the scene, and…
On Friday, 28 October 2025, two miners were killed in an underground explosion at Polymetals' Endeavor Mine near Cobar in central New South Wales. The blast occurred at approximately 3:45am during a…
On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, an underground explosion at the Endeavor Mine near Cobar in far western New South Wales claimed the lives of two workers and injured a third. Emergency services…
More than 1,000 workers at the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project in New South Wales have gone on a 24-hour strike to protest pay disparities and what they describe as "obscene" working conditions.…
On Tuesday, 4 March 2025, a 2.5-meter industrial ventilation fan imploded in the underground tunnels of the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in the NSW Snowy Mountains. Metal shrapnel from the fan's blades…
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025, a 2.5-metre industrial ventilation fan imploded in the underground tunnels of the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in the NSW Snowy Mountains. Metal shrapnel from the fan's blades…
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