Category - Incident Prevention/Mitigation

Mining serious injury | SinNot 2018/01385 Summary: A mining serious injury occurred when an opal miner severed three fingers at the first knuckle on the right hand. The miner was adjusting a belt...

Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01391 Summary: A fire occurred on an agitator truck in the decline of a metalliferous underground mine. The operator saw a glow on the decline wall and stopped to...

It has come to the attention of the Queensland Mines Inspectorate (QMI) that there is an issue with particular sampling devices widely used to monitor personal exposure to respirable dust and...

Underground operator struck on the head by a high pressure air line

Mines safety alert – Fatality involving an articulated dump truck

In order to conduct maintenance, a worker needed to remove guards from the tail drum of a conveyor. There was a lot of spillages built up inside the guard. As the worker removed the second guard all...

Safety management kit for small-scale mines, quarries and extractive industry operations

Following a 2017 review of incident data that showed a consistently high number of fires occurring on mobile plant each month the regulator initiated a project to provide useful data to industry...

Serious injury | SinNot 2018/01344 Summary: A trespasser entered a mine site and fell down an embankment suffering head, rib and ankle injuries. Recommendations to industry: Mines should review site...

Dangerous incident | SinNot 2018/01345 Summary: A worker was installing scaffold about 11 m above the ground when a 1.5 m piece of scaffold was dropped. As it fell, it ricocheted down a staircase...