Grosvenor Mine Roof Fall

The explosion has now been followed by a spontaneous combustion event in the last week.

Grosvenor mine roof fall.

Typically material stiffnesses fall into the low to moderate modulus ratio range. The miners were reportedly working at a. The grosvenor mine development is a 2 billion greenfield project that will result in a state of the art long wall mining facility. The roof collapse at the moranbah north underground mine in the bowen basin occurred on january 30 while anglo was relocating the focus of the mining operations known as a longwall move.

Queensland government mines inspectors are investigating a roof fall incident which occurred in a longwall development panel of anglo american s grosvenor underground coal mine near moranbah on 5 june which is believed to be related to reduced support density. Anglo american said in a statement that no one was in the area at the time and no injuries had been incurred. Grosvenor mine is an underground longwall mine operation. Underground at anglo american s moranbah north mine in queensland.

Opinion i like many others in and out of the industry have gained a sense of uneasiness from anglo american s latest debacle with the grosvenor mine. The roof failed as the senior mine worker was again reading the telltale the queensland government mine record entry report says. The roof fall occurred in the early hours of january 30 when the mine was in a longwall move. The incident occurred at lisova coal mine in lviv region western ukraine.

The recent gas explosion that left five people injured two with very serious burns has left me in a state of shock. Two miners have died in a ukraine coal mine following a roof fall on 29th may 2019. Safety troubled dartbrook mine set to re open. The company has notified the queensland mines inspectorate and other mining operations at site are continuing as normal.

Anglo s grosvenor mine had three unexpected roof falls in three months in 2016 with miners narrowly escaping from the first on june 5 shortly after 10pm. Discusses a method to determine the roof fall risk using a qualitative risk analysis technique. Development roadways are mined 3 7m high by 5 4m wide. Anglo american has confirmed a geotechnical issue at its moranbah north longwall mine in queensland during development works led to a roof fall incident on friday.

The ability to deter mine roof fall risk has been a long standing goal of safety professionals and could provide the kind of information needed by on site personnel responsible for worker safety to mitigate roof fall injuries. Anglo american was developing a new section to mine and it was in this area that the incident happened.