Yearly Archives: 2016

The QMRS AGM and quarterly Board of Directors meeting was held in Dysart in early November. With Mick Madden stepping down from the Chairman’s position, Peter Baker was elected as a Director and Brett Garland appointed as our new Chairman. I wish to acknowledge and thank Mick for his guidance throughout my time on the [...]

Merry Christmas All OHS around the stations are continuing to improve and as a whole this year it has been very pleasing to see us continue to maintain and influence changes around the stations. Training for 2016 has concluded with round 6 for the Northern Zone hosted at Dysart Station whilst the Southern Zone visited [...]

First Response Training QMRS has been providing training days for Oaky North over the past few months. Delivery of training in firefighting, inflatable stoppings, high expansion foam, CABA operations and extrications have been an excellent source of further learnings and experience for participants. Planning is in place for the 2017 calendar to continue with the [...]

Since out last newsletter, the GAG team has completed another stage of the commissioning of our General Electric engine. The automation is now complete and testing carried out confirms it is working well. The engine is considerably different to our old engines and will take quite a bit of getting used to. The engine shows [...]

QMRS delivered yet another successful MEMS course which was held in November with mines sending attendees from Grosvenor Mine, Oaky No 1, North Goonyella and George Fisher Mine. The new manual was presented at this course with the new scenarios due in February 2017 QMRS is currently working on opencut and metalliferous underground scenarios. Level [...]

As the end of the year approaches, the equipment team is in full swing to ensure all rescue equipment and substations are in a fully operational status prior to the Christmas break. The technicians have started to utilise their new test equipment which includes the RZ7000 BG4 calibration tool and the CAREvent test kit to [...]

You are invited to take part in the research project identified above which is investigating safety and risk-taking in Australian coal mines. What is the research about and who is conducting it? The aim of the research is to improve safety for you and your workmates. The research is being conducted by Dr Mark Rubin, [...]

Safety in Queensland’s mining industry will reach an even higher standard as a result of a new training program being accredited through the Queensland Government’s mine safety agency. Executive Director Nick Ahlstrand of the Department of Natural Resources and Mines’ Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (Simtars) said the new program will see over [...]

In August I was privileged to attend and represent QMRS Team members as a judge at the 10th International Mines Rescue Competition held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The opportunity to Judge at an international event does not occur very often and having competed successfully with the QMRS Moranbah team at the 6th International Competition in [...]