Inspectors Recommendation Archives

One mandatory action was identified and a further 3 recommendations from Gas Management audit at Grosvenor Mine from 17 April to 19 April 2018.

July 19, 2021

Inspectors of Mines, Richard Gouldstone, Les Marlborough and Paul Brown conducted a Gas Management Audit at Grosvenor Mine from 17 April to 19 April 2018. It is a a very…

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…

How many times will we hear the weasel words like “It is the Mines Responsibility to Control and Manage Risks Not the Mines Inspectors”” from the Mines Inspectors over the next week at the Grosvenor Inquiry? Sorry Mr Inspectors, What you Permit you Condone

March 9, 2021

In the absence of anyone from Grosvenor Management taking the stand, this week we are going to hear testimony from various Mines Inspectors. Without doubt one statement we shall hear…

May 30 2018 MRE North Goonyella. “Large amount of lifting equipment that was found throughout the inspection that was either broken or did not have the correct colour test tag”. WHY are no Directives Issued? “WHAT ARE MINES INSPECTORS FOR?”

February 19, 2021

During the Inspection the Inspectors identify The board showing the correct colour code for lifting equipment stated that this was the colour for the next 6 months. It is actually…

North Goonyella 9Nth MRE 30th May 2018. “The two gas monitors one in the take-off road and the second the Longwall 9N inbye monitor were examined. the first was hung by a hook over roof mesh and too high to read, footprints on pipes stacked below was evidence of persons climbing to view the displays. The second was covered in dust but equipped with a lowering rope to bring it into view.”

February 15, 2021

MRE - North Goonyella - 30.05.2018.pdf If you are going to read any of the Mine Record Entries I have posted this is the one. This Mine Record Entry is…

North Goonyella 9Nth MRE 31st August 2017. Inspector Marlborough “In LW 9 Nth noticed that the ventilation station at the outbye end of the Maingate travel road was situated in the centre of an area where stonedust “Bat Bags” were installed. I suggested that the Ventilation Officer should check the cross sectional area used on the board and whether it takes into account the presence of the Bat Bags. I also suggested that this is not the ideal place for the location of a ventilation station.”

February 15, 2021

MRE - North Goonyella - 31.08.2017.pdf Inspector attends the Mine to conduct a routine Inspection of North Goonyella. At the end of the Mine Record Inspector includes two (2) recommendations…

North Goonyella Mine Fire. Mines Inspectors Recommendations, Suggestions, Advice, Stressed, Re-iteration 3rd September to 24th October.

February 13, 2021

There are over just over 40 Mine Record Entries issued by DNRME Coal Mines Inspectors at North Goonyella Mine between the 3rd of September and 24th October 2018. I…

North Goonyella Mine Fire Mines Inspectors Recommendations 3rd September to 23rd October.

February 13, 2021

Inspector Recommendations Only NG 3 Sept to 23 Oct I have collated whenever Mines Inspectors have used the word "Recommend" or "Recommendation" in a Mine Record Entry between the 3rd…

North Goonyella Mine Fire 24th October. Inspector Marlborough’s 27 Point Recommendation. Should have been a Section 168 Directive ” If an Inspector Believes the Safety and Health Management System or a Principal Hazard Management Plan for a Coal Mine is Ineffective, the Inspector may give a Directive to Review the Safety and Health Management System or the Principal Hazard Management Plan and make it Effective.”

February 13, 2021

In the Mine Record dated the 24th of October 2018, Inspector Les Marlborough includes a 27 point "Recommendation" about the development of a "Re-Entry Management Plan" at North Goonyella.…

Mines Inspectors Directives. Mine Record must keep “All Directives issued under this Act and a Record of all Remedial Actions taken as a result of Directives issued under this Act

February 13, 2021

Mines Inspectors Directives and Functions and Mine Record The Mine Operator under Section 68 of the Coal Mine Safety and Health Act 1999, has to keep a Mine Record for…