The Box Flat Mine disaster occurred on the 31 July 1972 when 17 miners lost their lives after an underground gas explosion, 14 men who were working in the vicinity of the explosion and three miners...
Tag - Mines Rescue
CBH Resources of Broken Hill has taken out the sixth SA Mines Emergency Response Competition which was held in Broken Hill at the weekend. Claiming the Skills, Breathing Apparatus and Best Captain...
Bulga Mine has taken out the 2014 NSW Mines Rescue Open Cut competition held at the Hunter Valley Mines Rescue Station last Friday. Seven teams from the Hunter region competed on the day. NSW Fire...
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has launched a dedicated medical training program for members of mine rescue teams across the state. The program has been developed in conjunction...
The team from Peabody’s North Wambo mine has taken out top honours at the 31st annual Hunter Valley underground Mines Rescue competition held at the Hunter Valley Mines Rescue station last Friday...
Mines Rescue Brigadesmen from across the Newcastle region descended upon Cooranbong Colliery last week to compete in the annual Coal Services Mines Rescue competition. Seventy mines competed in the...
Although the NSW coal mining industry maintains one of the best health and safety records in the world, workers continue to suffer injuries on a regular basis. According to Coal Services...
NSW Mines Rescue have launched an annual one day Maintenance of Competence training course for Deputies in the coal mining industry. Mines Rescue say the course is designed to provide continuous and...
Central Queensland’s Oaky Creek North mine has won the Australian Mines Rescue Competition at Cook Colliery. In testing weather conditions – where temperatures reached 39C – the team held off...
Gas monitoring in underground emergencies While modern coal mines are commonly equipped with a range of gas monitoring resources during normal operations, they are often lacking in their contingency...
