16/07/1986 - Moura 4 Mine - Explosion / Gas Explosion, Coal Dust Explosion

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This accident claimed the lives of 12 people, these were: Brandt Afton Fechner, Carl Steivon Friske, Ernest Kevin Sleep, Kevin Ronald Keyworth, Lee Anthony McCulloch, Paul Allan Sainsbury, Paul Douglas Laing, Peter Vincent Waning, Raymond Charles Holton, Robert Turner, Scott Kenneth McPherson, Steven Craig Hull

Report

• moura-4-original.pdf
• an-investigation-into-the-moura-mine-disaster-16-july-1986.pdf
• plan-appendix-a-of-moura-4-mine(1).pdf
• appendix-b-rescue-plan-main-dip-section-pre-disaster-moura-4(1).pdf
• plan-appendix-c-part-of-mine-disaster-moura-4(2).pdf
• plan-appendix-d-part-of-mine-disaster-plan-approx-caving-moura-4(1).pdf
• appendix-e-perc-values-post-explosion-and-damage-to-stoppings-moura-4(1).pdf
• appendix-f-extent-of-flame-in-the-main-dips-section-moura-4(1).pdf
• moura-4-police-report-compressed.pdf
• a-view-of-the-possible-causes-and-development-of-the-explosion.pdf
• revised-final-report-to-tdm-re-moura-jan-1987(1).pdf
• report-on-investigations-of-flame-safety-lamp-feb-1987(1).pdf
• moura-investigation-final-report-by-ar-green-10-feb-1987.pdf
• qld-cabinet-minute.pdf
• coal-mine-explosion-research-project-report.pdf

Recommendations

1. FLAME SAFETY LAMPS

2. RESEARCH—FRICTIONAL IGNITION

3. RESEARCH—IGNITION BY OTHER UNDERGROUND APPARATUS

4. TRAINING

5. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.

6. GAS ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT

7. AN AUTONOMOUS SAFETY IN MINES TESTING AND RESEARCH STATION AT REDBANK IN QUEENSLAND

8. INERTISATION

9. ALUMINIUM ALLOYS

10. CONTINUOUS MONITORING

11. PILLAR EXTRACTION

12. MONITORING OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS