❓ Hon. Colin de Grussa questions the Minister for Ports regarding safety and environmental incidents at Esperance Port between July 2020 and June 2021, focusing on the nature of incidents, lost-time injuries, involvement of contracted service providers, and actions taken.
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ESPERANCE PORT — SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INCIDENTS
436. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Ports:
I refer to the answer provided to
question without notice 416 asked yesterday by me.
For
each of the reportable safety incidents recorded at the port of Esperance
between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021 —
(a) what was that
nature of the incident;
(b) were there
any lost-time injuries; and, if so, what was the nature of the injuries and
what was the quantum of hours lost;
(c) were any of
the safety incidents the result of conduct or activities of contracted service
providers; and, if so, can the minister please specify the service provider;
and
(d) what action
was taken against the service provider, or their personnel, referred to in (c)?
INCIDENTS
436. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Ports:
I refer to the answer provided to
question without notice 416 asked yesterday by me.
For
each of the reportable safety incidents recorded at the port of Esperance
between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021 —
(a) what was that
nature of the incident;
(b) were there
any lost-time injuries; and, if so, what was the nature of the injuries and
what was the quantum of hours lost;
(c) were any of
the safety incidents the result of conduct or activities of contracted service
providers; and, if so, can the minister please specify the service provider;
and
(d) what action
was taken against the service provider, or their personnel, referred to in (c)?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I just point out
that I have a correction to make to one of the numbers in the answer to
the question the member asked yesterday, and I will do that at the end of
question time.
(a) The incidents
concerning iron ore were a conveyor bearing fire; a contractor tripping on an
iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurting their lower back, with a lost-time
injury; a port employee having a medically treated injury after hurting their
shoulder while adjusting a conveyor belt drift; and a port employee having a medically
treated injury—a neck and shoulder injury—as a result of
cleaning blocked conveyor chutes.
There were two incidents concerning
sulphur. One was the ignition of sulphur around a sweeper truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished,
resulting in a port employee with a one-day precautionary LTI due to
potential smoke inhalation. The second was a rolled ankle injury on the deck of
a sulphur vessel, with an MTI to a port employee.
(b) There were
two LTIs: a person who tripped on an iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurt
their lower back, resulting in 59 days lost time; and a sulphur ignition around
a sweeper truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished, resulting in an employee
with a one-day precautionary LTI due to potential smoke inhalation.
(c) Yes; refer to
the answers to (a) and (b).
(d) The following action was taken: for the person who
tripped on the iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurt their lower back,
the port conducted a full review of the contractor's safety management
systems and issued actions to be completed from the event, and the corrective
actions were resolved. For the incident involving sulphur igniting around a sweeper
truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished, which resulted in an employee with a
one-day precautionary LTI due to potential smoke inhalation, the port issued a stop-work
authority until the contractor satisfied the port's conditions for
operating in the sulphur shed, and the corrective actions were resolved.
thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. I just point out
that I have a correction to make to one of the numbers in the answer to
the question the member asked yesterday, and I will do that at the end of
question time.
(a) The incidents
concerning iron ore were a conveyor bearing fire; a contractor tripping on an
iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurting their lower back, with a lost-time
injury; a port employee having a medically treated injury after hurting their
shoulder while adjusting a conveyor belt drift; and a port employee having a medically
treated injury—a neck and shoulder injury—as a result of
cleaning blocked conveyor chutes.
There were two incidents concerning
sulphur. One was the ignition of sulphur around a sweeper truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished,
resulting in a port employee with a one-day precautionary LTI due to
potential smoke inhalation. The second was a rolled ankle injury on the deck of
a sulphur vessel, with an MTI to a port employee.
(b) There were
two LTIs: a person who tripped on an iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurt
their lower back, resulting in 59 days lost time; and a sulphur ignition around
a sweeper truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished, resulting in an employee
with a one-day precautionary LTI due to potential smoke inhalation.
(c) Yes; refer to
the answers to (a) and (b).
(d) The following action was taken: for the person who
tripped on the iron ore cleaning vacuum hose and hurt their lower back,
the port conducted a full review of the contractor's safety management
systems and issued actions to be completed from the event, and the corrective
actions were resolved. For the incident involving sulphur igniting around a sweeper
truck, with the fire rapidly extinguished, which resulted in an employee with a
one-day precautionary LTI due to potential smoke inhalation, the port issued a stop-work
authority until the contractor satisfied the port's conditions for
operating in the sulphur shed, and the corrective actions were resolved.
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