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Preventing underground ignition events at NSW mine sites

… are in place to prevent an underground ignition event and for appropriate responses if an ignition should occur. Across the next four … (P)  ignition sources (P) (polymerics, frictional ignition, spontaneous combustion) …

Safety alert

… Workers withdrawn after methane frictional ignition (PDF, 179.88 KB) … KB) … Workers withdrawn after methane frictional ignition

Information release

… Investigation Information Release IIR23-05 Frictional ignition of methane in underground coal mine (PDF, 1.3 MB) Russell-Vale-Colliery-Frictional-Ignition-Incident-IIR.pdf (1.3 MB) … …

Three workers were exposed to a large flame in a heading in an underground coal mine. It is believed that methane was released from a borehole in the rib that was exposed and then ignited during the coal cutting process.

Russell Vale coal mine prohibition notice

… of Russell Vale coal mine since an initial frictional ignition event in April 2022. Since this …

Key compliance priorities for January to June 2022 published

… onboarding training for new workers, ignition of methane, entanglement around …

Methane gas incidents occurred in NSW coal mines

… Regulator has issued a safety bulletin on frictional ignition hazards within underground coal mines, … in dust explosion.  There were several frictional ignitions in both longwall and …