UPDATE: 2PM: Peak Downs Highway has reopened after a crash in Walkerston’s main street brought traffic to a halt. Emergency crews were called to the scene after a truck rolled, nearly hitting a school and a Woolworths store just before 11am.
The driver was taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition.
A police spokeswoman said all lanes were open at 1.05pm.
UPDATE NOON: The driver of a truck that rolled on the Peak Downs Highway at Walkerston has been taken to Mackay Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Emergency services, including police, fire and ambulance crews, were called to the incident about 10.55am Wednesday.
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Rolling 12 month total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) at 5.1, down from 10.6 in the prior corresponding period.
Rate of mine (ROM) coal mining performance of 514 000 t for the quarter, reflecting a reduction in fleet capacity.
The Isaac Downs environmental impact statement (EIS) assessment report was finalised by the Department of Environment and Science (DES) and posted on the DES website.
Safety performance
During the March quarter, there was one recordable injury at Issac Plains, with no other injuries recorded at Stanmore’s other projects and tenements. The 12 month rolling TRIFR at the end of 1Q21 was 5.1.
Stanmore continued to operated in the quarter with reset and reduced fleet capacity focusing on higher productivity and lower cost mining equipment and on minimising strip ratios and cost.
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Subscriber only Cash for the Peak Downs and Bruce highways, a funding injection to build Urannah Dam and money towards the Pioneer Valley Mountain Bike Trails have topped our pollies federal budget wishlists. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will deliver the federal government s financial blueprint to parliament next Tuesday May 11. Here are the projects Dawson MP George Christensen and Capricornia MP Michelle Landry want to see included for their respective regions in the budget.
George Christensen:
Urannah Dam: Mr Christensen said the proponents of the project were looking for financial support to get the dam to the construction stage. I think we re going to see a significant commitment to Urannah dam in the budget as well, he said.
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Drivers were treated to a spectacle as Caval Ridge mine’s dragline 18 and shovel 40 crossed paths.
In just under two hours, both machines were on their way to their new respective pits having crossed the highway.
The moves were part of the mine’s plan to position the equipment in the highest value areas.
Dragline 18 is now working at Horse pit while shovel 40 is based at Heyford pit. Caval Ridge s Shovel 40
In a mammoth achievement for the moving team, careful planning allowed for traffic to flow while the loads crossed.
Caval Ridge mine production manager Martin Greenhalgh said the move happened safely and in a timely manner.
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UPDATE 7PM THURS: A driver who lost their arm in a horror head-on crash on the Peak Downs Highway remains in a critical condition at Mackay Base Hospital. The collision between a car and a semi-trailer happened near Coppabella about 8am Tuesday.
UPDATE 3PM: The Peak Downs Highway has reopened at Coppabella after a driver lost their arm in a horror head-on crash about 8am Tuesday.
UPDATE 11.20AM: A driver who had to be cut from the wreckage of a crumpled ute during a horror head-on smash on the Peak Downs Highway has lost his arm.