Safety Alerts

Come-a-long incident costs miners $176K in fines

  • March 28, 2022

Come-a-long incident costs miners $176K in fines Rema Tip Top Material Processing (Rema) and Chichester Metals Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Limited (FMG) have been fined $112,000…

PUR Safety Alert Peter Newman 19th February 2021 13 Years after it was Recommended. WHY?”A recent investigation has considered the application of PUR for strata consolidation as a potential cause of heating of remnant coal. Investigations have identified that the use of PUR for strata consolidation has the potential to cause an exothermic reaction that is capable of heating surrounding coal sufficiently to create an ignition source.”

  • February 26, 2021

The Creation of a Recognised Standard was Recommended in 2007. Amongst the recommendations were Directive conduct extensive Risk Assessments in relation to hazards of PUR, including providing the Mines Inspectors…