Excavator damages buried 11,000V cable Mines safety alert no. 103 | 30 July 2003 | Version 1 Incident The bucket of an excavator made contact with a buried 11kV cable at a quarry as work was being performed to remove oil soaked ground in the laboratory area. Approximately...
Gas leak at South Bank under control as Brisbane Eye and ABC evacuated A NATURAL gas leak, caused when a bobcat hit a pipeline during construction, has been contained in South Bank. The pipeline was ruptured about 7.50am, with fire crews evacuating the ABC building and the...
Brisbane began to grow rapidly from the 1830s onwards, and far more brick buildings were being erected by this time. Many of these replaced the squalid hut-life conditions endured throughout the 1820s. A map offering a rough guide as to what the city would have...
In collaboration with Dial Before You Dig we’ve put together this list of horror events that happen to regularly in Australia. Avoid being a horror story, get the Dial Before You Dig Android or iPhone app Horror Stat 1 Every year electrical distributors report up to 30 excavators contacting...
Sydney CBD in lockdown after gas leak in Martin Place forces evacuation Updated 8 Jul 2018, 12:47am PHOTO: Martin Place is like ghost town this morning following a gas leak last night (ABC News: Angelique Lu) The NSW State Government has confirmed workers for its metro rail project caused the gas...
