INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS – WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Rio Tinto fined for exposing workers to extreme weather conditions

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Original article by Kate Purnell
The West Australian – Page: Online : 26-Oct-21

Sally North says it is very important that companies make staff aware that working in extremely hot weather conditions can result in heat stroke. North is from Western Australia’s Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety, and was commenting on a case it brought against Rio Tinto. The resources group was fined $80,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure the safety of workers. It followed an incident in 2017 when a worker died of heat stroke after he and two colleagues had to walk over 32 kilometres across rugged terrain and in temperatures that were estimated to exceed 37C.

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RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF MINES, INDUSTRY REGULATION AND SAFETY

Woodside shuts Pluto as rig comes adrift

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 17-Mar-15

Woodside Petroleum has stopped production at its Pluto LNG field in Western Australia. On 16 March 2015, a cyclone caused a drilling rig to be torn from its moorings. As the rig drifted 5.5 km towards the Pluto field, a shutdown was ordered to protect the plant from damage. It could take up to 30 days to repair the rig

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WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, CHEVRON CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA. NATIONAL OFFSHORE PETROLEUM SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY