WorkSafe has commenced prosecution action against a mining maintenance company over the death of a worker at South Boulder in December 2023.
Dalmain Enterprises Pty Ltd – trading as ATS Mining Maintenance – has been charged with failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment and, by that failure, causing the death of a worker.
In December 2023, a worker who was employed as a heavy diesel mechanic was instructed to remove the front axle from a truck, requiring the truck to be jacked off the ground.
WorkSafe will allege that a deflated front tyre caused the truck to lean at an angle, and when the worker went under it, the jack supporting the truck failed and it fell, fatally injuring the worker.
The first mention will take place in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on February 23, 2026.
As the case is now in the hands of the courts, no further information will be provided at this stage.