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Hamersley fined $75,000 over 2018 tragedy

RIO Tinto-subsidiary Hamersley Iron has been fined $75,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court for causing the death of truck driver Daniel Patterson at the Channar iron ore mine in August 2018.

 Road to Channar

Road to Channar

Patterson was killed when the fully loaded haul truck he was driving lost control while coming down ramp 84E at speed and crashed into a windrow at the bottom of the ramp. The 1.2km ramp had a gradient...

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