Mines safety alerts

Latest alert - Added 18 December 2009

• 237 (PDF, 109kB) - Rear Dump Truck Drives Over Light Vehicle
• 231 (PDF, 184kB) - Arc flash injuries received from 22kV ring main unit

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• 233 (PDF, 70kB) - Risk of nervous system disorder from inhaling electrical cleaning solvent vapours containing 1 Bromopropane
• 232 (PDF, 179kB) - Vehicle collisions - how long before it's really bad?
• 228 (PDF,58kB) - Fatal Accident - Loader Enters Open Stope
• 224 (PDF,526kB) - Flushing Canister Bursts
• 223 (PDF, 67kB) - Apprentice Injured While Maintaining Mobile Crusher
• 221 (PDf,74kB) - Flameproof Alternator Electrical Protection Systems
• 220 (PDF,84kB) - Arcing Fault Causes Flash Burns and Equipment Damage
• 219 (PDF, 65kB) - Man Basket Security
• 218 (PDF, 101kB) - Fatal Impact of Light Vehicle into Rear of Heavy Vehicle
• 217 (PDF, 60kB) - Unplanned Movement of Towed Equipment
• 216 (PDF,130kB) - Chain falls from blasthole drill rig, hitting worker
• 215 (PDF, 172kB) - 6" Gate Valve Failure
• 213 (PDF, 60kB) - Uncontrolled Acceleration of Light Vehicle when 2-Way radio was used
• 212 (PDF, 66kB) - Fatal Crush Injury on Exploration Site
• 211 (PDF, 134kB) - Light Vehicle Rim Cracking
• 210 (PDF, 133kB) - Dozer Falls from Bench
• 209 (PDF, 100kB) - Contamination of Fresh/Potable Water Supply
• 208 (PDF, 115kB) - Incorrectly Assembled Split Rims on Forklift
• 207 (PDF, 70kB) - Recent Electrical Equipment Failures and Workmanship Issues
• 206 (PDF, 74kB) -Crushed Between Mobile Equipment
• 205 (PDF, 110kB) - Heavy and Light Vehicle Interaction
• 204 (PDF, 60kB) - Machinery Operating Zones
• 203 (PDF, 194kB) - Fatality Involving Mobile Crushing Plant
• 202 (PDF, 68kB) - Capsized Pump Pontoon
• 200 (PDF,71kB) - Management of Contractors and Contractors' Obligations
• 198 (PDF,60kB) - Product Recall: City Technology 4CF Carbon Monoxide Sensor
• 196 (PDF, 109kB) - Mine Worker Suffers Chemical Burns to Eyes due to High Pressure Fluid Release
• 194 (PDF, 141kB) - Well Done! Collision Saved by Centre Rill on Haul Road
• 193 (PDF, 1MB) - Failure of Co-Disposal Basalt-Lined 'Y' Piece
• 192 (PDF, 108kB) - Dump truck brake failure and rollover at escape ramp
• 189 (PDF, 87kB) - Failures of Flameproof Plug and Receptacle
• 187 (PDF, 70kB) - Vehicle/Mobile plant support stands
• 184 (PDF, 96kB) - Failure of Lifeline/Fall Arrest Equipment
• 183 (PDF, 107kB) - Hand Crushed in Longwall Bretby Cable Handler
• 180   (PDF, 91kB) - Two mine workers engulfed by a fire ball receive serious burns
• 179 (PDF, 117kB) - Light Vehicle / Heavy Vehicle Interaction
• 177  PDF,91kB) - Mobile Crib Hut Blown Over During Storm
• 174 (PDF, 111kB) - Mine Worker Contacts 11kV Overhead Powerline
• 173 (PDF, 82kB) - Rubber Tyred Equipment
• 171 (PDF, 186kB)* - Fatality involving Hitachi LX 100 Series 1 Wheel Loader
• 168 (PDF, 92kB) - Uncontrolled Rock fall from a Dig face
• 165 (PDF, 81kB)* - Stored Energy While Manual Handling
• 164 (PDF, 94kB)* - Strata Support Failure
• 163 (PDF, 134kB)* - Incorrect Isolation of Conveyor
• 162 (PDF, 91kB)* - Shuttle Car Lunged Forward
• 161 (PDF,132kB)* - Machinery "No Go" Zones
• 160 (PDF, 92kB)* - Compressed Air Pipeline Failure
• 159 (PDF, 77kB)* - Dogman crushed while removing propel shaft from dragline
• 158 (PDF,78kB)* - Ignition of Gas in surface drill holes
• 157 (PDF,77kB)* - Trailing cable damage at longwall midface
• 156 (PDF, 45kB)* - Towing of longwall chocks almost results in fatalities
• 153 (PDF, 81kB)* - Incorrect apparent specification - lifting accessories
• 151 (PDF, 31kB)* - Legionnaires Disease
• 150 (PDF, 45kB)* - Park brake failure, truck rolls away
• 149 (PDF, 52kB)* - Oil filled circuit breaker failure
• 148 (PDF, 32kB)* - High-potential incidents involving shuttle cars and ramcars
• 145 (PDF, 29 kB)* - Burns from hot radiator fluid after oil cooler failure
• 144 (PDF, 41 kB)* - Overhead crane dislodged by rear dump tray
• 143 (PDF, 23 kB)* - Monorail incident
• 142 (PDF, 23 kB)* - Theft of explosives
• 139 (PDF, 26 kB)* - Dump truck steering becomes inoperative
• 138 (PDF, 43 kB)* - Tyre handler clamping fork failure
• 136 (PDF, 72 kB)* - Fatal injury to prime mover operator as rim assembly fails
• 133 (PDF, 39 kB)* - Fatal fire at quarry residence
• 129 (PDF, 104 kB)* - Kanga loader overbalances catapulting operator into pit
• 128 (PDF, 128 kB)* - Uncontrolled fall of drill rod: driller's offsider injured
• 127 (PDF, 39 kB)* - Ventilation control devices
• 126 (PDF, 48 kB)* - Fixed grinder wheel failure
• 125 (PDF, 109 kB)* - Care With Neutral-Connected Impedance Systems,
• 124 (PDF, 38 kB)* - Incident with 2 remote control transmitters
• 123 (PDF, 38 kB)* - Conveyor inspections
• 122 (PDF, 37 kB)* - Detection of methane layering
• 121 (PDF, 81 kB)* - Conveyor collapses due to rope failure
• 120 (PDF, 48 kB)* - Swivel gantry collapse
• 119 (PDF, 50 kB)* - Injury to driller from flying materials from drill hole
• 118 (PDF, 183kB)* - Serious Injury To Two Persons While Cleaning Car Body of an Excavator
• 117 (PDF, 127 kB)* - Underground loader electrical fault
• 116 (PDF, 38 kB)* - Care with neutral-connected impedance systems
• 115 (PDF, 134 kB)* - Forklift tyne frame failure
• 114 (PDF, 125 kB)* - Hoist rope failure injures visitor
• 113 (PDF, 137 kB)* - Failure of plastic compressed air pipe fittings
• 112 (PDF, 118 kB)* - Fire at an M I B C pump
• 111 (PDF, 168 kB)* Ten year old injured at his father's quarry
• 110 (PDF, 153 kB)* - Bare electrical conductors
• 109 (PDF, 181 kB)* - Transformer primary protection fails to isolate fault
• 108 (PDF, 181 kB)* - Gas barbecue safety
• 107 (PDF, 149 kB)* - Rear hub failure and subsequent fire
• 106 (PDF, 135 kB)* - Disabled safety shut down circuit
• 105 (PDF, 134 kB)* - 'Jump starting' of mobile vehicles
• 104 (PDF, 145 kB)* - Fault on 11,000V trailing cable
• 103 (PDF, 145 kB)* - Excavator damages buried 11,000V cable
• 102 (PDF, 151 kB)* - Articulated water truck rolls over
• 101 (PDF, 114 kB)* - Quick release victaulic pipe couplings without safety clips could be deadly
• 100 (PDF, 138 kB)* - Eye penetration injury whilst grinding
• 99 (PDF, 44 kB)* - Steering tie-rod failure in dump truck
• 98 (PDF, 391 kB)* - Inappropriate safety props
• 97 (PDF, 144 kB)* - Restricting access to hazardous areas, how important are safety rills/berms?
• 96 (PDF, 139 kB)* - Uncontrolled release of methane from drainage range
• 95 (PDF, 136 kB)* - Eimco hits methane drainage pipeline
• 94 (PDF, 141 kB)* - Trapped/crushed by rib coal beside continous miner
• 93 (PDF, 111 kB)* - Operation of hydraulic controlled lighting plants
• 92 (PDF, 135 kB)* - Electric shock from nylon jacket
• 91 (PDF, 150 kB)* - Trip switch defeated on pug mill chamber
• 90 (PDF, 133 kB)* - Gloving of roof bolts
• 89 (PDF, 134 kB)* - Sulphide dust
• 88 (PDF, 141 kB)* - Incorrect truck service manual
• 87 (PDF, 136 kB)* - Fire in mutli-floor screen house
• 86 (PDF, 141 kB)* - Mobile crane drops load
• 85 (PDF, 162 kB)* - Underground vehicle engine flame
• 83 (PDF, 159 kB)* - Violent tyre rupture on dump truck
• 82 (PDF, 390 kB)* - Failure of an isolation device
• 81 (PDF, 163 kB)* - Exposure to U.V. radiation from mercury vapour lamp
• 80 (PDF, 138 kB)* - Exothermic jointing kits
• 79 (PDF, 129 kB)* - Fatality caused through the operation of a vehicle loading crane
• 78 (PDF, 17 kB)* - Plant operator's legs caught in pug mill
• 77 (PDF, 7 kB)* - Dumping over tip heads
• 76 (PDF, 9 kB)* - Inadvertent operation of longwall shearer
• 75 (PDF, 15 kB)* - Recent 1000 volt circuit breaker failures
• 74 (PDF, 13 kB)* - Exposed live 11Kv cable plug
• 73 (PDF, 13 kB)* - Aerosol can explodes due to exposure to heat
• 72 (PDF, 116 kB)* - Failure to properly isolate electrical conductors
• 71 (PDF, 147 kB)* - Blast hole drill carousel stem lock failure
• 70 (PDF, 141 kB)* - Contractor struck by bull gear cover
• 68 (PDF, 140 kB)* - Drill rig feed table cracks
• 67 (PDF, 112 kB)* - Hose drum weighing 10 Kg falls 5 metres from drilling rig
• 66 (PDF, 109 kB)* - Cracks in steering ball joints on rear dump truck
• 65 (PDF, 106 kB)* - Amputation of part of thumb
• 63 (PDF, 103 kB)* - Plunger from hydraulic cylinder becomes a 18Kg projectile
• 62 (PDF, 114 kB)* - Dangerous transportation of explosives underground
• 61 (PDF, 169 kB)* - Electric shock from circuit breaker test
• 60 (PDF, 103 kB)* - Failure of high pressure hydraulic fitting
• 59 (PDF, 23 kB)* - Welding around borecole
• 58 (PDF, 6 kB)* - Falling rock from endwall causes personal injury
• 57 (PDF, 8 kB)* - Dragline operation when personnel in pit
• 56 (PDF, 8 kB)* - Eimco 913 lhd runaway
• 55 (PDF, 139 kB)*- Overloading crane while clearing a rock wedged in a crusher
• 54 (PDF, 146 kB)* - Eimco lift baskets - know the potential hazards
• 53 (PDF, 146 kB)* - Boulder damages truck cabin during loading
• 52 (PDF, 135 kB)* - Electric shock: high resistance decontactor earth connection
• 51 (PDF, 74 kB)* - Canister fire suppression system failure
• 50 (PDF, 6 kB)* - Buried 11Kv cable damaged
• 49 (PDF, 10 kB)* - Communication with emergency services
• 48 (PDF, 9 kB)* - Broken 66Kv overhead aerial falls to the ground
• 47 (PDF, 24 kB)* - Emergency brake fails to engage - off highway dump truck
• 46 (PDF, 6 kB)* - Methane burning at top of surface exploration boreholes
• 45 (PDF, 129 kB)* - Gecko's damage switchboard
• 44 (PDF, 12 kB)* - Operator fatally crushed between continuous miner and rib spall
• 43 (PDF, 105 kB)* - Exposed live conductors underground
• 42 (PDF, 196 kB)* - Non-compliant back to back coupler
• 41 (PDF, 13 kB)* - Aro mobile bolter ran away when parked on steep slope
• 40 (PDF, 55 kB)* - Semi-trailer tips over on side
• 39 (PDF, 17 kB)* - Hit by dislodging debris while working on dragline bucket
• 37 (PDF, 16 kB)* - Rear dump truck pulls energised 6,600V cable in half
• 36 (PDF, 184 kB)* - Remote control malfunction
• 35 - Blasting incident - high potential (PDF 25 kB)*
• 34 (PDF, 90 kB)* - Faulty ladders and emergency procedures
• 33 (PDF, 26 kB)* - Check energy sources isolated before work commences
• 32 (PDF, 22 kB)* - Aluminium gas cylinders
• 31 (PDF, 25 kB)* - Incorrect removal of hydraulic hoses
• 30 (PDF, 72 kB)* - Electric motor overheats
• 29 (PDF, 29 kB)* - Tyre rim assembly blew apart
• 28 (PDF, 72 kB)* - Mobile crane splits in two
• 27 (PDF, 85 kB)* - On-highway quarry truck spare wheel causes fatality
• 26 (PDF, 25 kB)* - Shuttle-car loss of steering control threatens pedestrian
• 25 (PDF, 25 kB)* - Electrical enclosure over temperature protection.
• 24 (PDF, 26 kB)* - Safe working positions
• 23 (PDF, 22 kB)* - Arm caught in machinery
• 22 (PDF, 746 kB)* - Highwall collapse onto highwall miner launch vehicle
• 21 (PDF, 139 kB)* - Unplanned movement of equipment
• 20 (PDF, 138 kB)* - Look after electrical protection back up batteries
• 19 (PDF, 137 kB)* - Wire feed unit welder energised the job
• 18 (PDF, 721 kB)* - 13 meter fall off bosun's chair down mine shaft
• 17 (PDF, 139 kB)* - Correct use of porta-powers
• 16 (PDF, 135 kB)* - Hyrdaulic ram failure
• 15 (PDF, 143 kB)* - Traffic rules and controls in underground coal mines
• 14 (PDF, 140 kB)* - Safe use of manboxes
• 13 (PDF, 25 kB)* - Performance of electrical work
• 12 (PDF, 21 kB)* - Fras hose rupture
• 11 (PDF, 21 kB)* - Hydraulic ram failure
• 10 (PDF, 21 kB)* - Injury sustained by the use of crow bar in jaw crusher
• 9 (PDF, 35 kB)* - Highwall pump incident
• 8 (PDF, 24 kB)* - Toe amputation by drill string
• 7 (PDF, 21 kB)* - Non-mining fatality: trail bike rider crashes over quarry face
• 6 (PDF, 24 kB)* - Welding electric shock: equipment and practice
• 5 (PDF, 29 kB)* - Coal reclaim tunnel incident
• 4 (PDF, 36 kB)* - M8750 dragline hit franna crane
• 3 (PDF, 38 kB)* - Uncontrolled fall of a crane load
• 2 (PDF, 26 kB)* - Flammable gas demands constant vigilance
• 1 (PDF, 60 kB)* - Failure to isolate compressed air line

If you experience difficulty downloading these documents, or would like a copy sent via mail, please contact:

Safety and Health
P O Box 15216
City East Qld 4002
07 32371105
Email Mr John Kabel

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