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Recent increase in heavy vehicle rollovers

The Resources Regulator in NSW has issued a safety bulletin following a concerning increase in heavy vehicle rollovers in the past 12 months throughout all sectors of the NSW mining industry.

Vehicle interactions are showing an increasing trend as evidenced by 40 incidents that were notified to the Resource Regulator. Of the 40 incident notifications, 21 were from coal mines, 12 were from construction, 5 were from metalliferous mines and 2 were from industrial minerals. 

Read the full safety bulletin and recommendations. (PDF, 728.87 KB)

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