Resources Safety & Health Queensland
Alerts, bulletins and notices
Safe use of quick hitches on excavators
08 Oct 2021
Mine worker seriously injured after an excavator bucket detaches from the excavator quick hitch, striking the worker....
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High Potential Incident under reporting
07 Oct 2021
A significant decrease in the number of HPIs reported by coal mines in Queensland Coal during the 2020/21 fiscal year due, in part, to under...
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Overburden drill falls onto light vehicle
05 Oct 2021
A Coal Mine Worker received injuries when a blasthole drill toppled on its side at a coal mine....
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Fatality resulting from a fall of ground at an underground coal mine
21 Sep 2021
A Coal Mine Worker was fatally injured on 14 September 2021 while conducting work in a conveyor drift with two other workers, one of whom...
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Ignition of fuel-air mixture from mobile processing unit discharge auger
08 Sep 2021
Critical hazards associated with the design and maintenance of augers used in the manufacture and delivery of explosives....
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CHPP pump suction pipe dislodges resulting in a serious injury
16 Aug 2021
Coal mine workers were undertaking maintenance work on a pump in a coal handling and preparation plant. During the process the suction line, including the...
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Learnings from conducting Level Two Emergency Exercises in Queensland Coal Mines
05 Aug 2021
Summary of the reports from Coal Mines following their Level Two Exercises in 2020....
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