Grosvenor Analysis

Grosvenor Mine Inquiry Key Issue 4 Submission number 2. “Neither a strata collapse or a methane explosion in the goaf was “the mechanism by which an explosive concentration of methane was expelled on to the longwall face.” The major source of the explosive concentration of methane on the Longwall face was methane gas “bubbling out the floor”.

  • April 25, 2021

Please find attached my submission for Key Issue 4 Number 1) What the evidence establishes about the nature and cause of the serious accident at Grosvenor mine on 6 May…

GROSVENOR MINE INQUIRY SUBMISSION 1, Key Issue 4. “The relative likelihood of a strata collapse in the goaf being the mechanism by which an explosive concentration of methane was expelled on to the longwall face.” The Evidence does not support that a major sudden failure of strata in the tailgate was the reason for the first overpressure event.

  • April 24, 2021

This is my Submission and the 3 Mine Record Attachments sent to the Grosvenor Inquiry this evening. Key Issue 4 Submission Grosvenor Mine Inquiry. The relative likelihood of a strata…