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The four fatalities which occurred in 2010 and 2011 in the Western Australian mining industry were:
11 April 2010: An underground loader operator at the Perseverance nickel mine at Leinster, operated by BHP Billiton, drove into an open stope void and fell 20 metres.[5][6]
5 August 2010: An underground miner at the Norseman Gold Mine in the Eastern Goldfields was found dead at a new escape rise.[7][8]
24 December 2010: A maintenance contractor at the Cloud Break mine, an iron ore mine operated by the Fortescue Metals Group and located in the Pilbara, was fatally injured.[9][10][11]
4 June 2011: A scaffolder was fatally injured at Rio Tinto's Dampier port facilities. It was the companies first fatality in the Pilbara since August 2003.[12][13]
7 July 2011: A contractor was crushed by a collapsing crane at BHP Billiton's Port Hedland facility.[14][15]
16 August 2011: An employee was killed at Rio Tinto's Brockman 2 mine, being crushed by a hydraulic cylinder of a front-end loader.[13][16]
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| Multiple fatalities | 2>
Multiple fatalities in the Western Australian mining industry are very rare nowadays and none have occurred since June 2000. Here a list of all multiple fatalities in the industry since 1943:[3]
2000, 26 June: Three men died as a result of the failure of a sandfill bulkhead at Bronzewing Gold Mine, located in the northern Goldfields.[17][18]
1997, 1 September: Two men died during a rockfall in a stope at an underground nickel mine.[19]
1990, 7 February: Two men, a foreman and the managing director of a contracting company, died when a concrete block fell down the raise in an underground gold mine.[20]
1989, 13 June: Six men died when a decline in an underground gold mine flooded after heavy rain.[21]
1985, 11 December: Two men died in the stope of an underground nickel mine due to lack of oxygen.[22]
1978, 9 June: Two men died, suffocating, while cleaning a converter vessel in a nickel plant.[23]
1977, 14 July: Two men died, being struck by an iron ore train while doing track maintenance.[24]
1977, 27 April: Five men died when a kibble fell into the shaft of an underground nickel mine due to a winder malfunction.[25]
1975, 28 May: Two men were killed by a rock fall in an underground nickel mine.[26]
1974, 13 August: Two men died in a head-on collision of two in an iron ore mine.[27]
1960, 12 October: Two men were killed in an explosives accident underground.[28]
1960, 24 August: Two men were killed when falling out of a cage.[29]
1954, 18 November: Two men were killed in an explosives accident.[30]
1953, 5 January: Two men died when they were buried by a ground fall.[31]
1952, 19 July: Two men died when they were buried by a slime dump.[32]
1951, 30 November: Two men were killed in a gas explosion.[33]
1951, 5 October: Two men were killed in an explosives accident.[34]
1951, 1 June: Three men were killed when crushed by an out-of-control trailer in an underground mine.[35]
1950, 10 March: Two men were struck by a descending counterweight.[36]
1950, 13 January: Two men were killed by the air blast of a massive rock fall.[37]
1946, 1 March: Three men were killed in an underground rock fall.[38]
1946, 23 January: Two men were killed in a blast.[39]
1943, 17 July: Three men died of suffocation underground, two of them while attempting to rescue the third.[40]
[edit] | Tags: Fatalities statistics | 2>
These are the statistics of fatalities by year, type of mining and commodity, subdivided into decades:[41]
[edit] | Tags: 2011 to 2020 | 3>
Fatalities in the current decade, as of 25 August 2011:
Year
GD
IO
NI
BM
BA
DI
DS
SM
UM
All
2011
–
3
–
–
–
–
–
3
–
3
2011–2020
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
[edit] | Tags: 2001 to 2010 | 3>
Fatalities in the last decade:
Year
GD
IO
NI
BM
BA
DI
DS
SM
UM
All
2001
–
1
3
–
–
–
2
6
–
6
2002
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
1
2
2003
2
1
–
–
1
1
–
4
1
5
2004
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
3
2
5
2005
2
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
2
4
2006
1
–
2
–
–
–
–
1
2
3
2007
2
1
1
–
–
–
–
2
2
4
2008
1
3
–
–
–
–
–
4
–
4
2009
2
3
–
1
–
–
–
5
1
6
2010
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
1
2
3
2001–2010
14
14
9
1
1
1
2
29
13
42
Only the commodities with fatalities during this decade are listed.
[edit] | Tags: 1943 to 2010 | 3>
Fatalities by decade:
Year
GD
IO
NI
BM
BA
CY
CL
CM
DI
DS
MS
SA
TT
OT
NC ‡
All
1943–1950
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
107
107
1951–1960
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
142
142
1961–1970
12
12
6
1
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
55
92
1971–1980
15
44
31
–
4
–
1
6
–
–
5
3
–
4
1
114
1981–1990
44
8
19
–
4
–
1
1
1
–
2
–
4
4
1
89
1991–2000
42
8
10
1
2
–
2
1
1
1
1
1
–
–
1
71
2001–2010
14
14
9
1
1
–
–
–
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
42
1943–2010
127
86
75
3
12
1
5
8
3
3
8
4
4
11
307
657
‡ Up until the late 1960s, all fatalities are listed under "not categorised" in the DMP database.
[edit] | Tags: Key | 3>
GD: Gold
IO: Iron ore
BM: Base metals
BA: Bauxite and Alumina
CY: Clay
CL: Coal
CM: Construction materials
DI: Diamonds
DM: Dimension stone
MS: Mineral sands
NI: Nickel
SA: Salt
TT: Tin, Tantalum and Lithium
OT: Other
NC: Not categorised
SM: Surface mining
UM: Underground mining
All: Overall
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ a b c Historical extension to fatalities database DMP website, published: 2009, accessed: 19 February 2011
^ Fatalities in the West Australian Mining Industry 1970 – 2006 The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA Inc. website, page: 20, prepared by: Roger Kahler, published: 2006, accessed: 22 February 2011
^ a b Fatal Accident Reports - By Date WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 19 February 2011
^ Media Release re: Aircraft Accident SGW ASX announcement, published: 5 September 2000, accessed: 8 February 2010
^ Fatal Accident Report 11/04/2010 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Death halts BHP mine work The Age, published: 13 April 2010, accessed: 22 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 05/08/2010 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatality at the Norseman Project Norseman Gold Plc ASX announcement, published: 6 August 2010, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Iron ore operation suspended after death The Herald Sun, published: 24 December 2010, accessed: 25 December 2010
^ Fatal Accident Report 24/12/2010 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Media Release - Incident at Cloudbreak Minesite FMG ASX , published: 24 December 2010, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 04/06/2011 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 2 July 2011
^ a b Rio Tinto halts mine work after Pilbara death The Australian, published: 17 August 2011, accessed: 25 August 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 07/07/2011 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 2 July 2011
^ BHP halts Port Hedland ops after fatality The Sydney Morning Herald, published: 7 July 2011, accessed: 14 July 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 16/08/2011 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 25 August 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 26/06/2000 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Minister calls meeting of mining industry chiefs to drive safety Government of Western Australia, published: 7 September 2000, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 01/09/97 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 07/02/90 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 13/06/89 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 11/12/85 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 09/06/78 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 14/07/77 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 27/04/77 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 28/05/75 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 13/08/74 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 12/10/60 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 24/08/60 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 18/11/54 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 05/01/53 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 19/07/52 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 30/11/51 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 05/10/51 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 01/06/51 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 10/03/50 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 13/01/50 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 01/03/1946 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 23/01/1946 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
^ Fatal Accident Report 17/07/1943 WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 22 February 2011
^ Western Australian mining fatalities database accessed: 19 February 2011
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