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1896 Stockton Colliery

… poisonous gas in a chain of events between 2 and 4 December 1896, at Stockton Colliery in … open for longer than necessary. Feeling sick and dizzy, and suspecting the cause was bad air, he …

1886 Lithgow Valley Colliery

… Case Study In February and April 1886 at Lithgow Valley Colliery, NSW, … men, leaving five women without husbands and 15 children and young people without fathers. 14 February …

Learning from disasters

… preventing devastating reoccurrences and improving the health and safety of all those working in the mining … industry is a profound way to acknowledge and recognise all those affected by mining …

1898 Dudley Colliery

… The mine The mine employed 292 workers and in 1897 had produced approximately 77,000 … tonnes of coal. The mine was considered dry and dusty and had a history of giving off firedamp [1] . …

1905 Stanford Merthyr Mine

… On Sunday 29 October 1905 there was a fire and subsequent explosions at Stanford Merthyr … near Kurri Kurri NSW, killing six workers and injuring nine others. Stanford Merthyr mine … tonnes of coal per annum using the bord and pillar method of extraction and had three …

Slinging, lifting and towing training package

… The Slinging, lifting and towing package has been developed for delivery … coal mines. The package is separate and complimentary to underground coal mine …

1902 Broken Hill Central Mine

… the surface.  The ore was raised by drives and crosscuts. The lode was irregular and very extensive, sometimes 300 feet in … ore was removed it was replaced by mullock and each layer of mullock became solidified to …

Lightning Ridge courses and workshops

… as per Section 8 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Regulation 2022. The … The cost of the workshop is  $165.00  and includes a printed copy of the  Opal and

1900 Balmain Colliery - Winder

… which the incident occurred was brick-lined and of circular construction. There was a … partition extending the length of the shaft, and opposite to that, a number of timber … cross-pieces, called buntings, parallel and a few feet apart. Workers were transported …

1889 Hamilton Colliery

… NSW, when the roof began to creak and then collapsed. The Mine The mine was one … employing close to a thousand workers and producing approximately 1,600 tonnes of … on which the roof rested were being removed and the tram rails were being withdrawn in …