Wambo Coal AEMR 2010-2011 - Peabody Energy

Wambo Coal Pty Limited2010-2011 AEMRNODATE &TIMERECEIVEDAREARESPONSIBLE7 22/12/2010 Downer EDI /workshop8 29/12/2010 Downer EDI / OpenCut9 4/01/2011 Downer EDI / OpenCut10 12/01/2011 Downer EDI / OpenCutCAT.ISSUEcam locks.1 200L of oil released to ground (withinconcrete sealed area) during loading ofservice truck. Compartment lid not sealedproperly and cut off valve failed.1 Loaded haul truck 173 travelling to the140 Dump when RHR Final Drive failedspilling approx 80lts of oil onto haul road1 930e haul truck parked at 130 Park Uphad been fuelled up, breathers on tankfailed to shut off allowing fuel to overflow.Approx 50 lts was spilled onto ground andcontained3 Blast event of 12/01/2011 Montrose Pit.Large Blast Fume. Community Complaintx 2 (Jerry’s Plains). GOS Drill Rig –Drillers in line of Blast Plume – Inhaledsmall quantity – had to immediatelyevacuate areaACTION TAKENoperators to be approved by DBS.Material recovered and impacted area cleaned.Recovered material transferred to oil separator. Fuelshutoff valve to be repaired. Ensure operators inspectcompartment secure before pumping. Routinemaintenance to ensure continued operation of cut offvalve.Production 4 notified, oil contained with dirt bund,Grader called and graded dirt bund – loader shoveledcontaminated soil. Contaminated soil placed at RL 100Dump. Service & inspections maintained, nocontributing factors other than mechanical failure.Fuel contained in V-Drain and disposed. Audit on all930e’s Breather SystemsMontrose Overburden Shot resulted in a large blastplume of dense orange smoke which proceeded totravel North, North West.Sentry’s were located on the Northern end of theNWC Diversion wall radioed that they were pullingback to avoid smoke plumeDrill rig was located in the path of the smoke plume.Upon investigation, two GOS drillers reported to thatthey received a small dose of fumes and could smellthe odour and immediately evacuated to a safedistance. The drill rig was located outside theexclusion zone. However the Drill rig was within siteof Sentry.Complaint received at approximately 3.45pm viathe Wambo Community Enquiries Line a communitycomplaint from a Jerry’s Plains resident in relation tothe Blast EventUpon investigation, the Wambo Coal CommunityBlast Information line had not been updated.Appendix 3: Summary of Environmental Incidents