Safety Alerts 2011

December

• Mining Accident News Number 1135 (22/12/11)

• QLD Safety Bulletin 114 -Storm season is coming (19/12/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 279-Safe parking of vehicles (19/12/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 276 - Articulated dump truck rollover (13/12/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1134 (12/12/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Battery acid splash in eye (11/12/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Mixer truck driver fall (11/12/11)

• NSW Safety Alert 11-13 - Supervisor crushed by load haul dump machine attachment (10/12/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - October 2011 (8/12/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - September 2011 (8/12/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - August 2011 (8/12/11)

• Safe-Quarry -Fire: flammable substance close to oxy-propane cutting activity (4/12/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1133 (2/12/11)

November

• UK HSE - Mobile crushing plant - unintended movement of tracks (30/11/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1132 (25/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Soft verges (24/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Fatal Incident – Contract Haulier (23/11/11)

• MSHA Recall Protecta Lanyards (23/11/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1131 (21/11/11)

• NSW Safety Alert 11-12 - Ignition of gas leads to underground fire (15/11/11)

• MSHA Caterpillar RCCM 2911 (12/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - 10 Golden rules for duct control (12/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Silica check lists (12/11/11)

• MSHA Refuge Chamber Alert 110411 update (7/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Cement burns (7/11/11)

• NSW Mine Safety Update October 2011 (02/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Pre-site assessment (1/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Work specific site requirements (1/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Basic site induction (1/11/11)

• Safe-Quarry - Pre-task Control (1/11/11)

October

• QLD Safety Safety Bulletin 112 - Mine Road Safety (28/10/11)

• NSW Safety Alerts 11-11 Faulty Sabre CABA units - Compressed Air Breathing Apparatus (25/10/11)

• SafeQuarry - Quarry Face Contractor Competence (25/10/11)

• SafeQuarry - Front End Loader Engine Fire (25/10/11)

• MSHA ExcavationSafety102011 (25/10/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1130 (21/10/11)

• QLD Safety Safety Bulletin 113 - Equipment fires, investigation and response (13/10/11)

• SafeQuarry -  For LGV drivers (6/10/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1129 (4/10/11)

September

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - July 2011 (26/9/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 275 - Tyre air blast (24/9/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 274 - Failure rear boom arm (24/9/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 273 - Hyrdaulic hoses (24/9/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1128 (24/9/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1126 (24/9/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Truck mixer wedged under bridge (15/9/11)

• US MSHA - Safety Alert - Hydraulic Hoist Cylinder Failure on Komatsu 680-E Trucks (13/9/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1127 (9/9/11)

• NSW Safety Alert 11 - 10 Park-brake malfunction leads to crush injuries (7/9/11)

August

• Mining Accident News Number 1125 (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Ignored Fault Codes on Mobile Plant (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Truck Mixer Driver Suffers Amputation (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Working in Proximity of Mobile Plant (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Keep Children Safe (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Tuck Mixer Near Miss (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Overturn of Articulated Dumper (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  The Value of Well Maintained Safety Devices (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  Falling Lid Fractures Finger (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  BPCF Alert Uncontrolled Release from Powder Silo (31/8/11)

• SafeQuarry -  BPCF 2005 Alert Conveyor Crush Injury (31/8/11)

• QLD Safety Safety Bulletin 111 - Synthetic Cannabinoids (26/8/11)

• NSW Safety Bulletin 11-03 240V Portable Welding Machines (24/8/11)

• NSW Safety Bulletin 11-02 Failure of Explosion Protection Characteristics of Flameproof Equipment (24/8/11)

• NSW Safety Bulletin 11-01 Drilling Rig Operator Sustains Serious Hand Injury (24/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Unblocking Mobile Crushers & Screens (20/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Elevated Walkway Inspection (20/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Articulated Dumper Cab Overturn (20/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Insurance Inspector Near Miss (20/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Crusher Adjustment Ram Cylinder Incident (20/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Faulty Isolator Handle (20/8/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1124 (15/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Geotechnics, Face & Stockpile Operations Information (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Dermatitis - QNJAC Guidance (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Fall from mobile plant (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Entrapment in Machinery (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Suspension Failure on Dumper Truck (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Chassis Failure Komatsu 350 Dumper (13/8/11)

• SafeQuarry - Fall from Tipper (13/8/11)

• QLD Significant Incident Report No 78 - Longwall shearer frictional ignition hazard

  (11/7/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - June 2011 (9/8/11)

• NSW Safety Alert 11-09 Stockpile dozer lodged in reclaim valve (9/8/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1123 (5/8/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 272 - Ignition on the surface at aseam borehole (3/8/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1122 (1/8/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 2 - Proximity-detection systems (1/8/11)

• QLD Safety Alert No 271 - Longwall fluid-injection injury (1/8/11)

July

• Mining Accident News Number 1121 (29/7/11)

• SafeQuarry - Post Blast Inspection (21/7/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1120 (17/7/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 270 - Managing underground coal mine contractors (7/7/11)

• QLD Significant Incident Report No 77 - Opal miner dies from engulfment in mullock

  (7/7/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 269 - Potential contamination of underground mine
  ventilation by blast fumes generated at an open-cut mine(7/7/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - May 2011 (7/7/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1119 (17/7/11)

June

• Mining Accident News Number 1118 (10/6/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - April 2011 (7/6/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1117 (4/6/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 268 -Unauthorised use of auxillary fan (4/6/11)

May

• QLD Safety Alert 267 - Incorrect assembly of vitaulic coupling (27/5/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 266 - Managing hot-seat changeovers (27/5/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1116 (27/5/11)

• NSW Safety Alert 11-04 Eleectrician receives arc flash burns (22/5/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1115  (20/5/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 265 - Blast exclusion zones (19/5/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1114  (11/5/11)

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - March 2011 (10/5/11)

• SafeQuarry - Potential mixer drum entanglement (10/5/11)
  

• Mining Accident News Number 1113  (2/5/11)

April

• Mining Accident News Number 1112  (25/4/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 264 - Hazards of backfeed on some ups units (25/4/11)

• QLD Safety Bulletin 109 - Preventing excavators from rolling over (25/4/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1111  (8/4/11)

• SafeQuarry   Concrete delivery incident (8/4/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 260 - Failure of explosion protection on underground

  diesel engine systems (7/4/11)

• QLD Safety Alert 263 - Non-slewing articulated mobile cranes tipping (7/4/11)

• SafeQuarry - Excavator crush  (5/4/11)

• Mining Accident News Number 1110  (3/4/11)

• SafeQuarry - Overturned vibratory roller (3/4/11)

March

• Mining Accident News Number 1109         

• Mining Accident News Number 1108

• Mining Accident News Number 1107

• QLD Explosives Safety Alert 44 - Prevention and management of blast fumes

• QLD Safety Alert -Earthmover tyre and rim safety  

• QLD Safety Alert 255 - Fire on underground loader

• QLD Safety Alert 259 - Injury from sledgehammer

• QLD Safety Bulletin 105 -Water management plans  
  

• QLD Safety Bulletin 106 - Recall of fire extinguishers     

• QLD Safety Bulletin 107  - Construction of Seals  

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - February 2011 

• SafeQuarry - Bolt tensioner incident   

• SafeQuarry - Blasting in freezing conditions

• SafeQuarry - Concrete supervisor cement burns

• SafeQuarry - Silo Overpressurisation MPA Guide 2011

February

• Mining Accident News Number 1104

• Mining Accident News Number 1105

• Mining Accident News Number 1106

• NSW Safety Alert 11-03 Stockpile collapses on loader driver

• QLD Safety Alert 258 - Rail safety at coal mines

• QLD Serious Accidents & HPI Report - January 2011

• US MHSA Catastrophic Failure Of An Oxygen Cylinder Fitting In A Refuge Alternative UPDATE

• WA Safety Bulletin No 95 - Ventilation standards in underground mines

• WA Significant Incident Report No 170 - Gold room explosion

January

1. Mining Accident News Number 1101

2. Mining Accident News Number 1102

3. Mining Accident News Number 1103

4. NSW Safety Alert 01 - Water inrush from raisebore hole

5. NSW Safety Alert 02 - Field technician trapped between vehicle and stock gate

6. QLD Safety Alert 253 - Electrical shocks from welding equipment

7. QLD Safety Bulletin 104- Resuming operations after severe weather

8. SafeQuarry - Scissor Lift Failures 

9. SafeQuarry - Winter Working 

10. US MHSA Catastrophic Failure Of An Oxygen Cylinder Fitting In A Refuge Alternative