Western Australia Government Safety Bulletin from June 2009. Mobile plant items incidents making contact with high-voltage overhead powerlines on Western Australian mines sites.
A review of occurrence reports for the ten-year period from 1998 to 2008 reveals that:
- there have been 74 reported contacts with overhead power lines;
- on average, eight incidents where heavy machinery has contacted power lines are reported each year; and
- excavators cause the highest number of power line contacts
Recommendations are made regarding:
- Warning devices required
- Mine design and planning
- Training of operators
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