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…
This excerpt is from the Ombudsman Report in 2008 on page 101 (126 of 188). Ombudsman Inspectorate 08 If only this sentiment was in existence at the Mines Department (RSHQ).…
I do not believe that the wording of Inspector Dobson's Directive is even appropriate for using a Section 166 Directive to reduce risk. What exactly was the intention of the…
During the Grosvenor Inquiry there was extensive reference to the so called "Dobson" December 2016 Methane Directive after the Inspection on December 15, 2016. (The full MRE is in the…
The Mine Record Entry by Inspector Dobson for the 21st and 22nd of September 2016 is probably one of the most indicative of the a number of issues raised during…
The Grosvenor Mine have identified inbye 20c/t as the zone of greatest risk for floor seam inrushes/emissions of Methane in the LW 104 Second Workings SOP provided to the RSHQ…
Methane Floor Inrushes continue to occur at Grosvenor Mine during development in MG 103 and MG 104 after Inspector Browns May 2017 Directive. In MG 104 the frequency of inrushes…
The belief that the lag times in methane detectors were not widely known at Grosvenor and other Mines needs to be dispelled once and for all None Recognition of the…
On the 3rd of May 2017 Inspector Brown made an Unannounced Inspection of Grosvenor Mine. MRE - Grosvenor Coal Mine - 03.05.2017.pdf Inspector Brown issued the following Directive 1 .…
With the Grosvenor Inquiry terms of reference time frames, there was little mention of events prior to July 1st 2019. Therefore the vast majority of the methane HPI's, the Anglo…