A LAKE Macquarie mining operator has been issued with a $180,000 fine for failing to comply with work, health and safety duties after an incident at Mannering Colliery left a worker seriously injured in 2016.
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The NSW Resources Regulator has welcomed the conviction of LakeCoal Pty Ltd after an investigation found the company failed to meet Work Health and Safety Act requirements when a workplace incident left an employee with a "severe head laceration" requiring medical treatment.
The worker was driving a loader underground at the coal mine when a damaged support strap hanging from the roof struck his head. At the time, the mine was in a state of "care and maintenance". A court found the offence fell in the mid-range of objective seriousness, and imposed a fine of $180,000. It also ordered LakeCoal to pay the Regulator's legal costs.
The Resources Regulator's chief investigator, Steve Orr, said the court's decision sent a "strong message" that the community expected mine operators to comply with their work health and safety obligations."
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