Construction paused on major worksite after 'catastrophic' incident

Construction paused on major worksite after 'catastrophic' incident

Construction workers on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 in NSW's Kosciuszko National Park have downed tools following t...

Snowy 2.0 dig shut down after shrapnel flies from fan

The incident could cause further delays to the project, which has been plagued by overruns including when the tunnel boring machine was bogged for over a year.

'Serious safety incident' at Snowy Hydro stops underground works

A mishap at Snowy Hydro has seen all underground work come to a stop. The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) said…

Snowy Hydro calls for heads to roll after “flying shrapnel” halts tunneling works, again

Snowy Hydro sheets blame to the contractor of its beleaguered pumped hydro project after a significant safety "near-miss" causes yet another delay to tunneling works.

Flying shrapnel from giant fan forces Snowy 2.0 shutdown

Underground operations at the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project have been halted following a catastrophic failure of critical ventilation equipment that could have resulted in worker fatalities, according to the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU). In the early hours of Tuesday, an industrial-sized ventilation fan approximately 2.5m in diameter catastrophically malfunctioned, sending dangerous metal shrapnel flying through the air. No workers were in t…

Safety fears halt Snowy 2.0 work - Tumut and Adelong Times

Underground work has halted at the massive Snowy 2 project after the Australian Workers Union (AWU) told its members to down tools over underground safety fears.  The AWU said on Wednesday all underground work had completely stopped on the project, though Snowy Hydro disputes that – saying some work had been halted.  “Tunnel boring machines have been turned off and all drill and blast works have ceased,” said a statement from the AWU.  “Workers …