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1900 Greta Colliery Fire
… Case Study On 5 December 1900, a fire broke out at Greta Colliery, NSW, killing … gob [1] fires had previously broken out at the mine but had not resulted in any loss of … found that the mine had breached the Coal Mines Regulation Act and Special …
1996 Gretley Colliery Inrush
… Study On 14 November 1996, four workers at the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company’s Gretley … were killed due to an inrush of water. The four workers were in the process … report under Section 98 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 . The investigation …
Compliance
… compliance and enforcement approach sets out the principles that underpin the NSW Resources … 2025 Risk management and supervision - coal mines (PDF, 514.15 KB) July to December 2024 … 2019 Conveyor belts - lifeline standards and fire risk - underground coal (PDF, 190.36 KB) …
1999 Northparkes Air Blast
… an air blast killed four mine workers at the North Parkes Mine located in central NSW. The copper and gold mine was in maintenance … 1999 at the E26 Lift 1 Mine North Parkes Mines, Parkes, NSW. (John Bailey, Coroner, 18 …
WHS (Mines and Petroleum Sites) legislation
… The NSW Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 and NSW … hazards such as ground or strata failure, fire or explosion and spontaneous combustion, …
Causal investigation underway into misfire event at Peak Gold Mine
… The Resources Regulator will lead a causal … at the mine site. The system was designed to fire simultaneously however there was a … mains firing line. The intention was to fire the development face only. The stope …
1898 East Greta Colliery Fall of Roof
… died after being buried by a fall of roof at the East Greta Colliery in NSW. At about 7:00 … took place approximately 204 metres from the mouth of the main (No.1) tunnel. Due to the … General Rule 4, section 47, of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1896 because during the …
1905 Stanford Merthyr Mine
… Study On Sunday 29 October 1905 there was a fire and subsequent explosions at Stanford … coal mine employing close to 400 workers. At the time of the incident it was producing … (refer clause 24, Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2014-the …
1980 Cobar CSA Mine Fire
… On 12 October 1980, three miners died in a fire at the CSA Mine in Cobar, Central Western NSW. … and ‘hydrocarbons’ on the shaft walls. The fire sent flames up the shaft walls, fed by …
1923 Bellbird Mine Explosion
… and fires underground killed 21 men at the Bellbird Colliery near Cessnock, NSW. This … explosions during the rescue attempt. The fire started immediately after the morning … work practices, including smoking in the mines, unreliable emergency phone lines and …