Queensland History
The Mining Warden’s Inquiry Report into the Moura No.2 Mine disaster in 1994 found:
The previous three Inquiries into major explosions in Queensland coal mines have consistently made recommendations aimed at addressing perceived deficiencies in the coal industry's arrangements for training, or the state of knowledge of industry personnel. There has also consistently been the conduct of seminars and symposia as a response to those disasters, accompanied by the production of publications about the hazards of underground coal mining revisited in the course of those Inquiries. These measures have, however, clearly not been effective in the longer term with the industry displaying, as it does, a capacity to lose sight of the lessons of the past and to not maintain an adequate knowledge base among key personnel.
Information on mine accidents from 1882 to 1945 is available from the Queensland State Library Mining Accidents Database.
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history/mining-accidents
Queensland mining accidents were published annually in the Queensland Legislative Assembly Votes and Proceedings (later known as Queensland Parliamentary Papers) from 1882 to 1945.
Queensland Mining Accidents Index
A searchable online index of Queensland mining accidents up to 1945 is now available in One Search.
Each entry records the date of the accident, the name of the miner involved in the accident, the mine where the accident took place and brief details of the accident. Also included is the year, volume and page number in the Queensland Legislative Assembly Votes and Proceedings