ENVIRONMENT

Ravensthorpe contractor docked for dodgy sling

EQUIPMENT contractor Daniel Malcolm Parker has been fined $11,000 in the Esperance Magistrates Court for failing to provide a safe working environment over an incident at the Ravensthorpe nickel mine where a telehandler rolled over and endangered two workers – one of them his 18-year-old daughter.

 Ravensthorpe by night

Ravensthorpe by night

The incident at Ravensthorpe, in Western Australia's southeast occurred on January 11 2017 while Parker's company Southern Engineering and Agriculture was replacing pipework at one of the mine's tailings...

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