Westcliffe PUR Fire 1986 Archives

Official Review of Grosvenor Inquiry Request Refused. There is no genuine interest in the safety and health of Queensland’s Coal Mine Workers,

July 12, 2023

The major problem with the Grosvenor Board of Inquiry is that despite the efforts of the Board, they couldn’t explain the source of ignition for the methane explosion on the…

Grosvenor Inquiry Submission. THERE IS LOW RELATIVE LIKELIHOOD OF IGNITION SOURCE BEING A PUR INDUCED HEATING/SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION

May 20, 2021

SUBMISSION PUR CLOSE TO FACE UNLIKELY SOURCE of EXPLOSION LW 104 FACE GROSVENOR MINE INQUIRY SUBMISSION Key Issue 4 2) The relative likelihood of the ignition source being frictional ignition,…

PUR Driven Spontaneous Combustion Event. The new Flame Safety Lamp for 2021? How soon till we hear “This has Industry Wide Implications”?

March 18, 2021

There is a saying that history repeats. How long till we hear anything else besides PUR driven spontaneous combustion has huge Industry Wide Implications Call me a cynic, but are…

Grosvenor PUR Scenario does not make scientific sense. Temperature necessary and products of combustion never detected prior to ignition or in weeks after.

March 14, 2021

So far during the Grosvenor hearing we have heard nothing about any Spontaneous Combustion TARP being active and of additional actions beyond normal operating procedure being required, either before the…

Westcliffe 1986 PUR Fire Report Evidence, Finding and Contraventions

March 14, 2021

https://www.qldminingcrisis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/westcliff-incident-report-part-a.pdf During the current tranche of Grosvenor Mine Inquiry there has been mention of the relevance of the 1986 Westcliffe PUR fire that occurred on the 13th December to Grosvenor.…

Westcliffe Mine Cancer Cluster linked to 1986 burning PUR fume Exposure

March 14, 2021

west-cliff-pur-fire cancer cluster “Based on the number of persons who worked on injection of PUR including initial inspections and fire fighting say approximately twenty persons (generous) using average age of…

Counsel Assisting Case for PUR driven Spontaneous Combustion Event causing methane explosion on LW104 Face at Grosvenor.

March 14, 2021

We have heard at the Grosvenor Inquiry from the opening statement of Counsel Assisting the Inquiry Jeffrey Hunter QC on Tuesday the 9th of March 2021 about the possibility of…

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…

PUR Recognised Standard Recommended in 2007 for Queensland. Including “Investigation/research on the connection between the use of polyurethane and spontaneous combustion to determine connections and develop guidelines to minimise risk.”

February 26, 2021

In April 2007 a working group that included retired deputy chief inspector of mines (technical) David Mackie, Simtars principal research scientist Gerard Tiernan and Insight Mining Solutions consultant Paul Cuddihy…

PUR burning produces Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) among the most rapidly acting of all known poisons

February 26, 2021

westcliff-incident-report-part-a The first time a PUR fire caused major issues in Australian Coal Mines was at Westcliffe Colliery in NSW in December 1986. This occurred when PUR was used as…