On December 8th at a Holcim Australia concrete plant in Kalgoorlie Boulder, two workers from Programmed Group were cleaning and painting silos and a conveyor in a boom lift basket. The boom lift broke through a soakwell in a grassed area, causing it to catapult and throw one worker from the basket, killing him at the scene. The other worker was bruised but survived. Cranes were needed to stabilize the boom lift and retrieve the trapped worker.