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Rio pleads guilty over death

RIO Tinto subsidiary Pilbara Iron yesterday pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment following a fatal accident in 2011.

Noel Dyson
Rio Tinto has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment following a fatal accident in 2011

Rio Tinto has pleaded guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment following a fatal accident in 2011

Fitter Brent Glew, 27, was fatally injured while changing out a hydraulic cylinder on a wheel loader in the mobile equipment workshop at the Brockman 2 iron ore mine on August 16, 2011. “The charges...

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