Newshound
12-14-2012, 11:55 AM
Calls for overarching safety legislation to be applied across the local power industry have been renewed, after it emerged two workers were nearly killed at the Yallourn open cut coal mine in June.
The incident, in which two Silcar contractors narrowly avoided collision with a falling section of coal conveyor trestle, occurred during the demolition of crippled mine infrastructure, damaged when the Morwell River breached its banks on 6 June.
According to a number of statements and testimonies from mine stakeholders and sources, the two workers were "hot-axing" structural bolts connecting the conveyor to a supporting trestle from an elevated work platform (EWP) six metres off the ground.
Read more... (http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/1182358/workers-narrow-escape/?cs=1462)
The incident, in which two Silcar contractors narrowly avoided collision with a falling section of coal conveyor trestle, occurred during the demolition of crippled mine infrastructure, damaged when the Morwell River breached its banks on 6 June.
According to a number of statements and testimonies from mine stakeholders and sources, the two workers were "hot-axing" structural bolts connecting the conveyor to a supporting trestle from an elevated work platform (EWP) six metres off the ground.
Read more... (http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/story/1182358/workers-narrow-escape/?cs=1462)