Minerals Council of Australia:
Safety & Health
(as at 15 April 2007)
This is a portal for national safety bulletins, safety alerts, significant incident reports and fatalgrams that have been issued by their relevant state governments.
The bulletins and alerts are divided into states and territories of Australia.
| New South Wales
Western Australia Victoria Queensland Northern Territory Tasmania South Australia |
* Denotes recently added articles
For more bulletins, risk management guidelines, case studies and innovations, visit the Minerals Industry Risk Management Gateway website
For further NSW information visit the NSW Department of Primary Industries website.
2008:
* SA08 04 Failure of explosion - protected characteristics of a diesel engine system
* SA08 03 Lightning strikes stationary truck
* SA08 02 Electric shock direct contact with high voltage
* SA08 01 Electric Shock from a high voltage test set
2007:
SA 07 Uncontrolled free fall of a crane hook (pdf:278kb)
SA 08 Polyurethane workshop floor pad becomes a projectile (pdf:199kb)
SA 06 In-service failure of explosion-protected equipment (pdf:36kb)
SA 05 Self-contained self rescuers (pdf:46kb)
SA 04 Miner crushed by drill jumbo (pdf:237kb)
SA 03 Structural bin failure (pdf:197kb)
SA 02 Catastrophic failure of auxiliary fan (pdf:114kb)
SA 01 Miner fatally injured in crush accident (pdf:55kb)
2006:
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SA 21 Drill rig incident (pdf:73kb)
SA 20 Working at heights - Excavator (pdf:61kb)
SA 19 Operator's hands in conveyor at quarry
SA 18 Longwall Staple Failures
SA 17 Failure of Scaffolding
SA 16 Fatal High Pressure Hydraulic Injection
SA 15 Unplanned Movement of Elevating Work Platform
SA 14 Safe Operating Grades for Mobile Equipment
SA 13 Braking Standards For Trucks May Not Be Fit For Purpose
SA 12 Maintenance of Safety Critical Systems
SA 11 Risk Management and Injury at Drilling Site
SA 10 Lucky Escape from Underwater Truck
SA 09 Electric Shock Results from Ineffective Earthing
SA 08 Defective Back to Back Couplers
SA 07 Seatbelts Must Be Worn
SA 06 Atomised Hydraulic Oil
SA 05 Electric Shocks and Arcing
SA 04 Working at Heights
SA 03 Radiator Scald
SA 02 Working at Heights - Prevention of Falls and Fall Arrest
SA 01 Dangerous Unplanned Movements - Shuttle Cars and Continuous Miners
2005:
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SA 16 Blast Control - Flyrock Incident
SA 15 Dangerous Uncontrolled Release of Hydraulic Energy
SA 14 Queensland Fatality - Prime Mover Rim Assembly Failure
SA 13 Stored Energy
SA 12 Electric shock from a light fitting
SA 11 Electric shock from 11KV bus tie
SA 10 Fatal truck accident at quarry
SA 09 Tyre Safety
2008:
* SB08 04 Unplanned movement of shuttle cars
* SB08 03 Vehicle-mobile plant support stands
SB08 02 Safe use of flameproof headlights
SB08 01 Operator behaviour around remote control equipment
2007:
SB07 11 Operator protective devices on mobile plant in underground coal mines
SB07 10 Hazardous energy control (pdf:110kb)
SB07 09 Fatality involving loader (pdf:58kb)
SB07 08 Portable power tools (pdf:1.2mb)
SB 07 Strata support failure
SB 06 Electric fuse safety
SB 05 Electric shocks
SB 04 Safe use of electric welders
SB 03 Unplanned movement of plant
SB 02 Free-steered vehicles used in underground coal mines - electrical circuits (pdf:97kb)
SB 01 Cover your vehicle load safely (pdf:46kb)
2006:
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SB 05 Storing Explosives
SB 03 Histoplasmosis - Exploration Hazard
SB 02 Hard Hat Expiry Date
SB 01 Operator and Passenger Restraint and Protection Devices
For further WA Safety Bulletins, visit the Western Australian Department of Consumer & Employment Protection, Resources Safety website.
For further WA Significant Incidents, visit the Western Australian Department of Consumer & Employment Protection, Resources Safety website.
Safety Bulletins
2008:
* SB 82 Emergency Management Act 2005
* SB 81 Unattended vehicles roll away
2007:
SB 80 Asbestos - gaskets containing asbestos imported into Western Australia (pdf:90kb)
SB 79 Cyclone - emergency preparation, planning and preparedness (pdf:80kb)
SB 78 Use of explosive mortar devices for bringing down rockpass or drawpoint hang-ups (pdf:80kb)
2006:
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SB 77 Use of telehandlers
SB 76 Use of explosive mortar devices
SB 75 Fire and Explosion in a Working Party Magazine
2005:
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SB 74 Explosive Gases Associated with Mining
SB 73 Loss of Control of On-Highway Type Vehicle
SB 72 Loss of Control of Large Mobile Equipment on Gradients
2004:
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SB 71 Booster Compressor Explosions
Significant Incidents
2008:2005:
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SIR 135 Aluminium Drill Rod Failure
SIR 134 Detonator Found Inside ANFO Loader
SIR 133 Use of Torque Multiplier - Fatal Accident
SIR 132 Mine Haul Truck Runs Over a Light Vehicle Following a Driver Change
SIR 131 Drill Rig Fire - Self Rescuer Failed
SIR 130 Employee Sprayed with Rocks when a Truck Tyre Failed
SIR 129 Derailment and Fall of Overhead Crane
SIR 128 Steering Failures on Haul Trucks
SIR 127 Operator Tipped out of Elevating Work Platform
For further VIC information visit the Victorian Department of Primary Industries website.
2008:
* SIR 3 Major fall of ground traps miners
* SIR 2 Impact of blasting fumes
* SIR 1 Major collapse of batter in open cut coal mine
2007:
SIR 6 Electrical Cabinet Explosion
SIR 4 Haul Truck Fire in Underground Mine
SIR 3 Four Wheel Drive Safety
SIR 2 Drill rig hits powerlines (pdf:452kb)
SIR 1 Exploration site fatality (pdf:292kb)
2006:
SIR 5 Maintenance fitter killed by falling belt clamp beam
SIR 4 Dragline operator injured during maintenance (pdf:356kb)
SIR 3 Compressor smoke in mine (pdf:316kb)
SIR 2 Worker falls from height (pdf:340kb)
SIR 1 Excavator Operator Injured by Rock Fall (pdf:444kb)
2005:
SIR 10 Mobile equipment (pdf:464kb)
SIR 9 Rig worker entangled in drilling rig (pdf:452kb)
SIR 8 Maintenance workers injured in explosion (pdf:484kb)
SIR 7 Quarry worker caught in conveyor return roller (pdf:512kb)
SIR 6 Forklift Rollover (pdf:432kb)
SIR 5 Crusher Fatality (pdf:516kb)
SIR 4 Haul Truck roll over (pdf:428kb)
SIR 3 Contact with 'Live' underground electrical cables (pdf:456kb)
SIR 2 Fall from Dozer (pdf:464kb)
For further QLD information, visit the Queenslands Government's Natural Resources & Water website.
2008:
* SIR 71 Serious Injury - Hydraulic Torque Wrench
2005:
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SI 67 Severe Burns Received From Dewatering
SI 66 Crane Rope Breaks While Anti Two-Block Overridden
SI 65 Structural Collapse of Bin Hopper
SI 64 Fatal accident - miner struck by rock deflecting out of stope
2004:
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SI 63 Failure of a quick hitch mechanism
SI 62 Flyrock generated by penetrating cone fracture cartridges
SI 61 Incorrect wiring of pilot wire circuit
2008:
* SB 73 Swicthboard Incoming Supply Hazards
* SB 72 Shock from an Electrostatic Discharge
SB 78 Flood Recovery in Mines
SB 74 Isocyanantes from 2-Pack Paints and Use of Polyurethane Resins in Mining
2007:
SB 70 Hazards of Stored Energy
SB 68 Earth Fault Current Limiter Parameters
SB 67 Managing high pressure fluids and gases
SB 65 Shuttle car cable hazards - underground coal mines
SB 63 Integrated tool carrier risk management
SB 61 Flammable and toxic gases in open cut coal mines (pdf:176kb)
2006:
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SB 59 Reliable communication system for remote mines
2005:
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SB 60 Trailing cable management - cable towers
SB 58 Audible alarms on mobile equipment
2007:
SA 180 Two mine workers engulfed by a fire ball receive serious burns
SA 177 Mobile Crib Hut Blown Over During Storm
SA 174 Mine Worker Contacts 11kV Overhead Powerline
SA 173 Rubber Tyred Equipment
SA 171 Fatality Involving Hitachi LX100 Series 1 Wheel Loader
SA 168 Uncontrolled Rock Fall from a Dig FaceWestern Australia
SA 165 Stored energy while manual handling
SA 164 Strata support failure
SA 163 Incorrect isolation of conveyor
SA 162 Shuttle car lunged forward
SA 161 Machinery "No Go" Zones
SA 160 Compressed air pipeline failure
SA 159 Dogman crushed while removing propel shaft from dragline (pdf:80kb)
SA 158 Ignition of Gas in surface drill holes (pdf:80kb)
SA 157 Trailing cable damage at longwall midface (pdf:80kb)
SA 153 Incorrect apparent specification - lifting accessories (pdf:80kb)
SA 151 Legionnaires' disease
2006:
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SA 150 Park brake failure, truck rolls away
SA 149 Oil filled circuit breaker failure
SA 148 High potential incidents involving shuttle cars and ramcars
2005:
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SA 145 Burns from hot radiator fluid after oil cooler failure
SA 144 Overhead crane dislodged by rear dump tray
SA 143 Monorail Accident
SA 142 Theft of Explosives
SA 139 Dump Truck Steering Becomes Inoperative
SA 136 Fatal Injury Prime Mover Operator as Rim Assembly Fails
SA 133 Fatal Fire at Quarry Residence
SA 129 Kanga Loader Overbalances Catapulting Operator into Pit
SA 128 Uncontrolled Fall of Drill Rod: Driller's Offside Injured
2007:
* SA 18 Wheel Separation on Explosives Transport Vehicles
No new Safety Alerts or Significant Incident Reports currently published.
No new Safety Alerts or Significant Incident Reports currently published.
No new Safety Alerts or Significant Incident Reports currently published.
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