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1999 Northparkes Air Blast
… 24 November 1999, an air blast killed four mine workers at the North Parkes Mine located in central NSW. The copper and gold mine was in maintenance shutdown, with …
Targeted awareness campaign on mine road safety reaches thousands
… has directly engaged with more than 9,500 mine workers and supervisors as part of a … equipment, and light vehicles operating on mine roads and extraction areas. Collisions and … The aim of this campaign was to help mine workers understand they have a role to …
Dust diseases
… health and safety legislation. The NSW Mine Safety Advisory Council leads a … to protect worker health. Coal dust Coal mine workers receive a medical assessment … have been implemented. Health monitoring Mine operators also have a duty to notify the …
Ottery Mine
… The Ottery Arsenic and Tin Mine (Ottery Mine) is located 8km northeast of Emmaville, … into the downstream environment. Ottery Mine is the oldest principal ore refinery in …
High voltage cable hazards: underground vehicle interactions endanger mine workers
… transporting roof supports (shields), the mine lost power to mine feeds (11kV HV cables) at the surface. An … and protection trips. These incidents expose mine workers to serious risk of injury from the …
Emergency planning
… What is a mine emergency? An emergency at a mine is due to an actual or imminent … life or physical well-being of a person at a mine. What are my duties as a person conducting …
NSW mine safety reviews
… of the Wilkinson fatality review . Wran mine safety review The NSW Government commissioned the Wran mine safety review in 2004 as the next step in the plan to see NSW achieve zero mine fatalities and serious injuries. Read more …
Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd convicted and fined following death of mine worker
… and Safety Act 2011 following the death of a mine worker near Cobar in western NSW. The … to the death of Mark Brilley at Peak Gold Mine on 3 April 2017. Mr Brilley, who was 36 … about one kilometre below the surface of the mine. Peak Gold pleaded guilty for failing in …
1996 Gretley Colliery Inrush
… (known as C heading) in an area of the mine called 50/51 panel, operating a continuous … that the water came from the long-abandoned mine at the Young Wallsend Colliery, which was … water extended to the surface through the mine shafts, significantly increasing the water …
Report released into serious injury of a worker at Thuddungra Mine
… MB) detailing an incident at Thuddungra Mine in which a worker was seriously injured … chute. On 10 August 2021 a 54-year-old mine worker suffered a chest injury when he …