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BHP underground workers safe after earthquake cut communications
BHP has confirmed all its employees are safe after the miner temporarily lost communication with its underground workers at a mine site near Leinster following an earthquake on Wednesday.
Geoscience Australia reported a magnitude 4 seismic event struck near Nickel West’s mine in the Goldfields’ region at 3.24pm on Wednesday at a depth of five kilometres.
BHP has confirmed all its employees are safe after the miner temporarily lost communication with its underground workers at a mine site near Leinster following an earthquake on Wednesday.
A BHP spokeswoman said the earthquake resulted in a power outage and subsequent loss of communication with members of the Nick West Leinster site underground team.
“All team members are safe, uninjured and accounted for,” she said.
“The safety of our people and operations is underpinned by our strong operating systems, technical monitoring procedures and the diligence and hard work of our teams.
“There is nothing more important than the safety of our people. In line with our usual processes, operations will resume once safety tests have been completed.”