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First Quantum Minerals Australia Nickel, a subsidiary of Canadian company First Quantum Minerals, has been fined $810,000 for an incident at its Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine in 2023 where a worker sustained severe spinal injuries after being struck by an unsecured "Roman shield." The magistrate highlighted the company's poor safety record as a factor that increased the severity of the breach.

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First Quantum Minerals, a Canadian mining giant, has been fined $810,000 for a serious workplace accident at its Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine in 2023. A boilermaker was severely injured after being struck by an unsecured piece of heavy equipment called a "Roman shield," resulting in severe spinal injuries. Magistrate Rosemarie Myers ruled that the company's existing poor safety record exacerbated the seriousness of this breach, leading to the substantial fine.

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First Quantum Minerals fined $810k over incident that left worker with severe spinal injury In short: Mining company FQM Australia Nickel, a subsidiary of Canadian Giant First Quantum Minerals, has been fined $810,000 over a 2023 incident that left a worker at its Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine seriously injured. The worker suffered severe spinal injuries when he was struck by an unsecured piece of heavy equipment known as a "Roman shield". Magistrate Rosemarie Myers said the company's poor safety record increased the seriousness of the breach.

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First Quantum Minerals fined $810k over incident that left worker with severe spinal injury In short: Mining company FQM Australia Nickel, a subsidiary of Canadian Giant First Quantum Minerals, has been fined $810,000 over a 2023 incident that left a worker at its Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine seriously injured. The worker suffered severe spinal injuries when he was struck by an unsecured piece of heavy equipment known as a "Roman shield". Magistrate Rosemarie Myers said the company's poor safety record increased the seriousness of the breach. asserted

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Nickel miner fined $810k over boilermaker's spinal injury

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