Bowtie Analysis of Mining Fatalities to Identify Priority Control Technologies

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CODE OF PRACTICE Safe mobile autonomous mining in Western Australia

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Double Fatality at Gold Bar Mine Nevada

Description of a tragic event which led to the impact of a haul truck on a light vehicle carrying multiple passengers and the subsequent death of two of them.

Driving while fatigued Mines Safety Alert no. 246…

Driving while fatigued - Mines Safety Alert no. 246 on 04 August 2010, Queensland, Australia This alert describes an incident when a mines inspector was travelling south on the Bruce Highway when a vehicle travelling north veered onto the wrong side of the road and into his path (More...)

Excessive watering of haul-roads – Mines safety bulletin no. 94…

Excessive watering of haul-roads - Mines safety bulletin no. 94 on 22 January 2010, Queensland, Australia This bulletin highlights an increase in the number of incidents on haul-roads from over-watering. It provides an analysis on location. Most incidents occur on ramps and result in collisions with safety berms. (More...)

Fatal impact of light vehicle into rear of heavy vehicle…

Fatal impact of light vehicle into rear of heavy vehicle - Mines Safety Alert no. 218 on 17 April 2009, Queensland, Australia This alert concerns a fatal injury at an open cut coal mine when a light vehicle was driven into the rear of a large, empty, low loader travelling slowly in the same direction. (More...)

Fatal Injury Report – Dozer and LV NSW

Fatality investigation preliminary report. The information provided is largely around the facts of the incident which involve a Dozer reversing over a light vehicle at a sand mining operation in Western NSW.

Light vehicle incidents – Mines safety bulletin no. 34…

Light vehicle incidents - Mines safety bulletin no. 34 on 01 August 2002, Queensland, Australia This bulletin highlights high potential incidents in open cut mines involving light vehicles that could have led to serious consequences. (More...)

Maules Creek Incident Report from Regulator NSW Australia

Analysis of a service vehicle/haul truck collision which occurred at an intersection. Issues identified related to change management, mine design and worker training. [More...]

MSHA Investigation Report – Fatal Powered Haulage Accident…

MSHA Investigation Report - Fatal Powered Haulage Accident July 27, 2017 This document is a regulator investigation report of single fatality following a collision between a Komatsu 930E-4, 320-ton haul truck and a light vehicle. It happened at an open pit copper mine located at Sahuarita, Pima County, Arizona. (More...)

MSHA Investigation Report – Fatal Powered Haulage Accident…

MSHA Investigation Report - Fatal Powered Haulage Accident October 31, 2017 This document is a regulator investigation report of double fatality collision between a loaded 340-ton haul truck and a light vehicle at Marigold Mine, a multiple bench, open pit and heap leach, surface gold operation located near Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada. (More...)

MSHA Investigation Report, Summary of two fatalities…

MSHA Investigation Report - Summaries of two 2017 incidents of collision between heavy vehicle and light vehicles resulting in fatalities. 1. A light vehicle was parked near a wind row of a dump (operating lights and strobe lights off) with the occupant making a phone call at a dump. (More...)

MSHA Proximity Detection/Collision Warning Information…

MSHA Proximity Detection/Collision Warning Information from Technical Support MSHA and the mining industry have worked together to develop potentially life-saving technology that can stop machine motion and/or send a warning signal to the machine operator when it detects a person or object in the machine's path. (More...)

Park safely to prevent uncontrolled vehicle – Mines Safety Alert no. 279…

Park safely to prevent uncontrolled vehicle - Mines Safety Alert no. 279 on 13 December 2011, Queensland, Australia This alert provides an example of a mistake could have resulted in a serious injury; a light vehicle driver intended to park a vehicle but selected reverse instead. It makes recommendations for mien and exploration sites to have effective parking procedures for light vehicles. (More...)

Rear dump truck drives over light vehicle – Mines Safety Alert no. 246…

Rear dump truck drives over light vehicle - Mines Safety Alert no. 246 on 04 August 2010, Queensland, Australia This alert describes a day shift incident when a loaded Cat 785D Rear Dump Truck collided with a light vehicle being driven by a supervisor. The dump truck was travelling off a bench towards the ramp intersection and supervisor was travelling down the ramp. (More...)

Safety Improvement Technologies for Mobile Equipment…

Safety Improvement Technologies for Mobile Equipment at Surface Mines, and for Belt Conveyors at Surface and Underground Mines Link to a to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Proposed Rule that includes Safety Improvement Technologies for Mobile Equipment at Surface Mines. Relevant to improving mobile equipment interaction controls (More...)

Traffic rules and controls in underground coal mines – QLD Australia

Traffic rules and controls in underground coal mines - Mines Safety Alert no. 15. April 2000 Queensland Australia This alert recommends reviewing transport rules for intersections after a collision between personnel carrier travelling on the main road and the bucket of a Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) that was crossing the road at a cut through. This incident caused an injury to a passenger in the personnel carrier. (More...)

Truck falls backwards over tipping edge…

Truck falls backwards over tipping edge - Significant incident report no. 40 on 01 May 2001, Queensland, Australia This significant incident report describes how a truck driver backed his 35 tonne capacity dump truck to the edge of the primary crusher rock stockpile (More...)

Trucks tipping over the edge, Mines Safety Alert no. 247…

Trucks tipping over the edge, Mines Safety Alert no. 247 16 August 2010 Queensland Australia This alert reviews serious incidents involving haul trucks passing through berms when tipping. (More...)

Uncontrolled acceleration of light vehicle…

Uncontrolled acceleration of light vehicle when 2-way radio was used - Mines Safety Alert no. 213 on 28 November 2008, Queensland, Australia This alert highlights issues of electromagnetic interference with the throttling positioning sensor. A recently introduced 4 x 4 vehicle accelerated when the button on the vehicle's 2-way radio was depressed. (More...)

Uncontrolled movement on mine roads…

Uncontrolled movement on mine roads, including skidding, sliding, and light or heavy vehicle roll-over - Mines safety bulletin no. 99 Version 1 on 23 August 2010, Queensland, Australia This bulletin covers trends in uncontrolled movements by various vehicle types on Queensland open cut coal mine roads. (More...)

Use of forklift trucks at mine and quarry sites – Mines safety bulletin no. 30…

Use of forklift trucks at mine and quarry sites - Mines safety bulletin no. 30 on 11 March 2002, Queensland, Australia The purpose of this Safety Bulletin was to raise awareness regarding the safe use of forklift trucks among the mining and quarrying industry stakeholders. It highlights the areas of concern and provides references to useful sources of information for controlling the risks within acceptable levels. (More...)