NSW Government, Australia, Safety Alert from November 2015. Incident: A major fire occurred on a large hydraulic excavator in an open cut coal mine, resulting in substantial damage to the machine.
Failings in the suppression system led to a much larger fire resulting.
Recommendations are made around maintenance and equipment selection to prevent recurrence.
Safety-Alert-00-21-Major-excavator-fire-at-open-cut-coal-mine
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