OHS Prosecutor decides not to pursue anyone from Grosvenor Management
While still not public the Queensland Work Health and Safety Prosecutor has decided not to prosecute anyone from Anglo Grosvenor Management in respect of RSHQ’s referral.
Coincidentally the same Workplace Prosecutor is resigning on March 11th.
https://www.owhsp.qld.gov.au/news-and-media/resignation-work-health-and-safety-prosecutor-aaron-guilfoyle
As I have stated for over a year, no prosecutions would ever take place,
The systematic failings of the RSHQ (Mines Inspectorate) would be in my view the primary defense used.
What the Mines Inspectors did and did not do and the reasons why would be laid bare.
It would also likely be a lot more factual and detailed than what passed for evidence at the Ministerial Inquiry.
Why am I not surprised that the news of no prosecutions occurs one day after the news that RSHQ is allowing Anglo Grosvenor to restart longwall operations.
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Hi Stuart,
It’s more of the same isn’t it?.
We are now years from when the Grosvenor explosion occurred, and on the back of the North Goonyella mine fire and explosions.
What has changed in the industry to make it safer.
If I was a conspiracy theorist, I would think no one cares. Maybe it’s because of the climate change agenda and its success against coal.
There will be coal around for another 50 years for the steel industry.
The state government have successfully buried the industry from the media, where the only interest from the media with coal is climate change not safety.
Shame on the media for not recognising the failures of the industry and the governance of it.
I feel for the coal mine workers that go underground on shift. Yes they can be responsible for not getting hurt by being focussed on their work space. Fundamentally they rely on management and the inspectorate to get the catastrophic things right in the industry. So mines don’t catch fire, have roof falls in workplaces and gas explosions.