Safety Information, Alerts & Bulletins

The Queensland mining and quarrying industries are required to provide the Mines Inspectorate with reports of serious accidents and high potential incidents in accordance with the mining safety legislation.

Summary statements briefly describing some of the accident and incidents are extracted from the reports and are provided to the industry as a reminder of what can go wrong.

These summary statements do not provide all the facts about the incidents and do not indicate blame on any person or company They are provided in good faith to help improve safety and health in our industries. Summary statements from September 2004 are available.

Mines safety alerts are single page documents that warn of accidents in which injury and/or equipment damage occured, incidents in which no injury or equipment damage occurred but where potential existed for it to occur, and hazards or significant risks which if left untreated could result in injury to a person. An alert is developed when it is considered that the matter is of considerable urgency.

Mines significant incident reports are single page documents that warn of accidents in which serious injury or a fatality resulted, and incidents in which no injury occurred but where potential existed for serious injury or a fatality.

Mines safety bulletins are multiple page documents that discuss particular risks or hazards associated with machinery, mining methods or tasks, and repetitive incidents that require analysis of root cause. All discussions are based around the hazards and advocate and facilitate a risk management approach to problem solving. Explosive Safety Alerts/Bulletins and Petroleum & Gas Safety Alerts may also be of benefit in addressing specific issues in the mining industry.

Queensland Mining Electrical Incident Summary (PDF, 53kB) 

If you experience difficulty downloading these documents, please contact:

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

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