Skip to main content

A NSW Government website

Person at risk from flyrock at quarry

On 8 April 2021, a person was inside the exclusion zone when a blast was initiated at the Cootamundra Quarry, Cootamundra NSW. The person did not suffer any physical injury but experienced trauma as a result of being exposed to the blast and flyrock.

The Regulator has commenced an investigation to determine the cause and circumstances of the incident.

Read the Investigation Information Release  (PDF, 412.07 KB).

Recent Articles

Safety

The NSW Resources Regulator is taking steps to address psychosocial hazards and sexual harassment within the NSW mining industry. This

psychosocial hazards in the workplace

Safety

In the past 9 months, there have been 5 significant incidents involving the hydraulic crowd cylinders on load haul dump (LHD) machines in

LHD with drill rig attachment

Safety

A crucial part of the NSW Resources Regulator’s incident prevention strategy for mines and petroleum sites involves assessing an operation’s

coal outburst in an underground mine