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Safety and Health Alerts
Structure fire from venting gas cylinders
18 Jun 2025
A Townsville business sustained significant fire damage because of a release of LP Gas from cylinders which was ignited....
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Uncontrolled movement of coal stacker boom
12 May 2025
A raw coal stacker boom was in the process of lowering into position when rapidly and unexpectedly it luffed up fully....
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Fall or release from height of polish rod clamp
02 May 2025
A worker was almost struck by a lifting device that unexpectedly released during a difficult polish rod replacement operation on a well in January 2025....
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Failure to conduct effective post blast inspections
28 Jan 2025
Routine inspections by RSHQ have revealed an issue with the checking of blast hole remnants prior to drilling at metalliferous mines....
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Uncontrolled movement of service truck module
10 Dec 2024
While commissioning of a new service truck, a service module unexpectedly tilted backward while fuel was being decanted....
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Tampering of gas distribution systems
19 Nov 2024
RSHQ has been made aware of four instances in three months where people have tampered with a gas distribution system. This is an offence....
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Crowd cylinder failures on load haul dump machines
14 Nov 2024
A review of coal mine HPIs reported to RSHQ over the period 2009 to December 2023 has identified 26 crowd cylinder failures, on load haul...
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