Shaun Dobson Archives - Qld Mining Crisis

Referral To Qld Police Commissioner for Criminal Investigation Vitrinite Vulcan Coal Mine Approvals including Vitrinite Pty Ltd and other Vitrinite Directors related Australian based private companies

September 24, 2023

To Commissioner Katarina Carroll of the Queensland Police Service RE Vitrinite Vulcan Mine Road Transport Approvals Two General Public deaths Public Roads Moranbah Dysart, Queensland State Government Approvals including Heavy…

Managing the Risk of Major Accidents – Lessons from Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine accident Andrew Hopkins Emeritus professor, Australian National University

April 12, 2023

Professor Hopkins has recently published this paper which is targeted at Chief Executives of Resource Mining companies and other high risk industries. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/287201/1/Major%20Accident%20Risk.pdf Hopkins Chief Executives Major Accident Risk I…

To Peter Newman, Chief Inspector Coal Mines. North Goonyella Spontaneous Combustion, Methane Explosion and Mine Fire in September 2018. Time Frame Expiry

September 1, 2021

To: peter.newman@rshq.qld.gov.au; shaun.dobson@rshq.qld.gov.au; "Resources" <Resources@ministerial.qld.gov.au> Sent: Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2021 At 11:02 AM Subject: Fwd: North Goonyella Time Frame Expiry Fwd: North Goonyella Complaint Letter sent 20th Feb 2020 To Peter Newman…

I said words to the effect We are issuing a Directive tonight to suspend operations. No-one is to access the underground workings.” I recall Glen Britton challenging me by asking, with words to the effect of “On what Grounds? Who would make the decision? And where was the risk? Inspector A and I responded that it was on the ground of an unacceptable level of risk. I said that we did not have any relevant data to interpret as yet and we did not know what had caused the ignition. At the conclusion of the conversation, Mr Britton laughed and walked away.

July 22, 2021

There is a large amount of material available to the Grosvenor Inquiry that has never been tendered as evidence and has not been made public. This includes the Statements from…

82 cubic metres per second of ventilation on Grosvenor LW101 Face in September 2016 to dilute methane below 2.5%

July 15, 2021

The quantity of ventilation across the longwall face between 70 and 80 cubic metres per second was a topic of discussion at the Grosvenor Inquiry. Principally this was about the…

Methane level in the Tailgate Roadway General Body is greater than 2.5%, yet at the tailgate drive methane is typically 0.5% or less. What affect do Three venturis and two ventilation curtains face side have?

July 15, 2021

One matter that deserves discussion is Inspector Marlborough about how the methane level in the Tailgate Roadway General Body is greater than 2.5%, yet at the tailgate drive methane is…

2017 Methane HPI’s at Grosvenor Mine

July 13, 2021

I have collated all the Methane HPI's from 2017 I possess and they are in the link below. Methane HPI's Grosvenor 2017 Some of the ones that stand out include…

Respirable Dust Monitoring. It take 18 months for Inspectors to make Grosvenor Mine test the minimum number of tests required by Regulation

July 12, 2021

The Mines Inspectorate became aware of personal dust monitoring results of over twice the legal limit (6.5 mg/m3 and 6.2 mg/m3) for workers who were in the returns while coal…

A 4 month Inspectorate Investigation into June 2016 Development Roof Fall Trapping 4 Mineworkers at the Face, immediately after a Unilateral Management Decision to stop installing 8 metre Cable Bolts. It just disappears into the Mines Inspectorate Veil of Secrecy.

July 11, 2021

If the Mines Inspectors had of made Anglo Management include their Contractor Workforce in Change Management and Risk Assessments in 2016 would the methane explosion on the 6th of May…

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…