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Will the Mines Inspectorate (RSHQ) Prosecute North Goonyella Management? Only 2 months till the time limit expires.

July 12, 2021

Will the Mines Inspectorate finally lift the Cone of Silence on the North Goonyella Investigation? Time is rapidly running out. Or will it just let the 3 years pass and…

North Goonyella, Grosvenor, Moranbah North. The only time Mines Inspectors use S167 Directive to suspend operations for unacceptable level of risk is after the event. What does it take for the Mines Inspectorate to get proactive and stop what seems to be a group of Incompetent Bullies before the event?

July 11, 2021

The Mines Inspectors have at least been consistent when the do use a Section 167 to suspend operations for unacceptable level of risk at Queensland Coal Mines over the last…

Ombudsman Complaint. Queensland Mines Department Inspectorate (RSHQ). Request for Ombudsman Inquiry

June 30, 2021

To the Queensland Ombudsman; I am writing to you to firstly lodge a formal complaint about the Mines Inspectorate now known as RSHQ, on a number of grounds. I am…

Grosvenor Inquiry Submission. CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS (CRO)

May 4, 2021

GROSVENOR INQUIRY SUBMISSION CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS My 1 page submission is in the above link and copied below GROSVENOR INQUIRY SUBMISSION CONTROL ROOM OPERATORS It is totally inappropriate to expect…

Secondary Extraction Plans Notices and Approval. Moura No 4 Windridge Inquiry Panel Design Recommendations and Inspectors Approval Changed

April 13, 2021

In several posts I have mentioned the Second Workings Standard Operating Plans and how they are required to be submitted by notice to the Mines Inspector prior to Second Working…

Updated NSW Technical Reference Guide: Development of a spontaneous combustion principal hazard management plan for underground coal mining operations. North Goonyella Case Study

April 2, 2021

I discovered that in NSW a new Technical Reference Guide (TRG) was issued in March 2021. The document is the link directly below (100 pages in all) TRG-Development-of-a-spontaneous-combustion-principal-hazard-management-plan-for-underground-coal-mining-operations-FINAL-for-PUBLICATION (1) Development…

Heartbreak’: Pike River families accept no funding to expand recovery project”. 30th March 2021. “The families hoped that the ongoing police investigation would continue to uncover evidence and said they would push if there was a potential for truth and justice.”

March 30, 2021

https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/heartbreak-pike-river-families-accept-no-funding-expand-recovery-project?fbclid=IwAR1hD9HHNmn6qgjrfuIxBiBM_GlmhXXLHxx0GFoWktqZ-oe_tDfTrhI2t-A Heartbreak': Pike River families accept no funding to expand recovery project Pike River families say they accept it is too difficult and expensive to continue with the drift recovery…

Proactive Inertization of “ACTIVE” Longwall Goaf is the topic at Grosvenor Inquiry 29th March. I am sure this will be nearly impossible to demonstrate as anywhere near practical or even possible by Inert Gas injection

March 29, 2021

Today at the Grosvenor Inquiry we are due to hear evidence and testimony from Dr. Ting Ren – Associate Professor in Mining Engineering University of Wollongong about "Continuous inertisation of active…

Methane Detector Lag Times. Methane Detectors do not give Instantaneous Measurement and Reporting of Actual Methane Concentrations. Grosvenor Inquiry seems to have been misinformed of how Methane Detectors Operate

March 28, 2021

NSW Response-times-of-gas-detectors Sept 2017 Can we please dispense with the falsehood or misinformation concerning methane monitors providing instantaneous readings of the actual methane concentration at the Grosvenor Inquiry? It is…

CW-8 noted that they had successfully re-entered the first zone during his time with the engineering team, but as they neared the second zone of the mine, the information they gathered indicated that the risk was too great to continue on their current course. CW-8 Engineer for Peabody from May 2018 to January 2021

March 28, 2021

CW-8 was an Engineer for Peabody from May 2018 to January 2021. CW-8 began his tenure with Peabody working with the engineering team at North Goonyella Mine before transitioning to…