❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice inquires about safety breaches, improvement notices, lost-time injuries, and fatalities in the mining sector. The Minister reports no fatalities but acknowledges issuing improvement notices, promising further details later.
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MINING RESOURCES SECTOR — REPORTABLE SAFETY BREACHES
I refer the minister to reportable safety breaches, improvement notices, lost-time injuries and fatalities in the Western Australian mining resources sector. (1) Since 26 November 2009, have any fatal accidents or incidents that have occurred in any of WA’s mining or exploration operations been reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum? (2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE
I refer the minister to reportable safety breaches, improvement notices, lost-time injuries and fatalities in the Western Australian mining resources sector. (1) Since 26 November 2009, have any fatal accidents or incidents that have occurred in any of WA’s mining or exploration operations been reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum? (2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(1) Since 26 November 2009, have any fatal accidents or incidents that have occurred in any of WA’s mining or exploration operations been reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum? (2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(1) Since 26 November 2009, have any fatal accidents or incidents that have occurred in any of WA’s mining or exploration operations been reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum? (2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(2) If yes to (1), how many and where did they occur? (3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(3) If yes to (1), what action has the department taken in respect of these incidents? (4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(4) Has the department issued any provision and/or improvement notices to any of WA’s mining or exploration operations? (5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(5) If yes to (4), how many; and, for what reason have the provisional and/or improvement notices been issued and to whom? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
I thank the member for some notice of this question, to which the answer is as at 3 March. (1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(1) There have been no fatal accidents or incidents in the mining and exploration sectors reported to the Department of Mines and Petroleum since 26 November 2009. (2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(2)–(3) Not applicable. (4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(4) Inspectors of mines do not issue provisional improvement notices—PINS. Improvement notices have been issued by the department’s inspectors of mines since 26 November 2009. (5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
(5) In the time available it has not been possible for the number and detail of these improvement notices to be collated from the department’s records. This information will be provided to the honourable member as soon as possible. I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
I regret that I did not check on an update to the answer today, but I will get the information to the member as quickly as I can.
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