Firm fined $130,000 for mine worker death

A company has been fined $130,000 in a Perth court over the death of a worker more than two years ago.

Stephen Hampton was fatally crushed by a section of polyethylene pipe at a tailings storage facility at the Telfer gold mine in Western Australia's East Pilbara region in December 2013.

He and a colleague were working on one section of the 60-metre-long pipe, while another section was being moved by an industrial forklift, when the pipe moved suddenly.

Exact Mining Services was fined in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment.