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Fatalities in Queensland Metalliferous Mines and Quarries 1877 – 2012 Natural Resources and Mines and Resources Natural Department of Department Fatalities in Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries 1877 – 2012 Updated June 2012 © State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, 2012. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek permission from DNRM, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources and Mines as the source of the publication. For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Fatalities in Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries | 1877 – 2012 2 Historical mining employment and cumulative fatality data YEAR PERSONS ANNUAL CUMMULATIVE YEAR PERSONS ANNUAL CUMMULATIVE EMPLOYED EMPLOYED 1877 17903 - - 1923 603 5 667 1878 14490 - - 1924 452 3 670 1879 8812 15 15 1925 347 2 672 1880 8322 11 26 1926 321 2 674 1881 8414 14 40 1927 304 0 674 1882 5760 13 53 1928 343 1 675 1883 4715 3 56 1929 326 5 680 1884 5453 9 65 1930 903 6 686 1885 5490 17 82 1931 2751 4 690 1886 6712 5 87 1932 3893 7 697 1887 9305 5 92 1933 4161 7 704 1888 9491 19 111 1934 3768 13 717 1889 8955 20 131 1935 3931 6 723 1890 8509 17 148 1936 3983 12 735 1891 9195 11 159 1937 3436 13 748 1892 9306 17 176 1938 3378 12 760 1893 10189 14 190 1939 3299 8 768 1894 11428 14 204 1940 3106 9 777 1895 10636 15 219 1941 2983 7 784 1896 10364 18 237 1942 4056 4 788 1897 12835 15 252 1943 3378 6 794 1898 11272 19 271 1944 3096 5 799 1899 9758 18 289 1945 2786 2 801 1900 10163 17 306 1946 3483 1 802 1901 9438 18 324 1947 3773 4 806 1902 9045 15 339 1948 3849 3 809 1903 9229 26 265 1949 4134 6 815 1904 9620 30 395 1950 4346 4 819 1905 10641 23 418 1951 4965 1 820 1906 9842 24 442 1952 4863 3 823 1907 7934 15 457 1953 5851 5 828 1908 7736 30 487 1954 5527 6 834 1909 7150 27 514 1955 5991 5 839 1910 6115 16 530 1956 8144 9 848 1911 5227 13 543 1957 7956 3 851 1912 3981 33 576 1958 6813 8 859 1913 3123 15 591 1959 7028 8 867 1914 2793 9 600 1960 7062 3 870 1915 2766 12 612 1961 7111 8 878 Fatalities in Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries | 1877 – 2012 3 YEAR PERSONS ANNUAL CUMMULATIVE YEAR PERSONS ANNUAL CUMMULATIVE EMPLOYED EMPLOYED 1916 1900 10 622 1962 6876 6 884 1917 1375 7 629 1963 7512 3 887 1918 929 15 644 1964 7136 5 892 1919 792 1 645 1965 6668 3 895 1920 611 10 655 1966 8315 12 907 1921 722 2 657 1967 8544 2 909 1922 766 5 662 1968 8906 6 915 1969 9741 4 919 1994/95 9435 5 1014 1970 10881 6 925 1995/96 9885 1 1015 1971 10945 9 934 1996/97 10935 6 1021 1972 11236 8 942 1997/98 11425 1 1022 1973 11509 5 947 1998/99 10774 2 1024 1974 11408 2 949 1999/00 9194 0 1024 1975 11372 2 951 2000/01 9179 1 1025 1976 10405 5 956 2001/02 8910 1 1026 1977 10187 6 962 2002/03 9147 3 1029 1978 9823 2 964 2003/04 9181 1 1030 1979 10143 2 966 2004/05 10594 4 1034 1980 11110 6 972 2005/06 11732 0 1034 1981 10635 3 975 2006/07 12553 3 1037 1982/83 9161 2 977 2007/08 10625 1 1038 1983/84 9474 2 979 2008/09 13080 2 1040 1984/85 9365 3 982 2009/10 12158 1 1041 1985/86 9123 2 984 2010/11 14368 1 1042 1986/87 9590 1 985 2011/12 16417 1 1043 1987/88 10840 2 987 1988/89 11107 6 993 1989/90 11285 3 996 1990/91 10611 10 1006 1991/92 10643 0 1006 1992/93 9565 1 1007 1993/94 9270 2 1009 Fatalities in Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries | 1877 – 2012 4 Individual incident data MINE: Old Identity PC MINE: No. 1 North Phoenix Mine DATE OF INCIDENT: 1879 DATE OF INCIDENT: 31 June 1881 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground OCCUPATION: Miner INCIDENT: Fatally injured from a fall of earth. ACCIDENT LOCATION: Surface INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he came to the MINE: General Wyndham Battery surface for a few minutes by the south DATE OF INCIDENT: 1879 compartment of the shaft, when the cage SEX: Male remained for him to return, on returning ACCIDENT LOCATION: Surface he stepped into the other compartment INCIDENT: Fatally injured whilst operating and fell 330 feet. machinery. MINE: No. 2 & 3 South Smithfield MINE: No. 4 North Australian DATE OF INCIDENT: 24 August 1881 DATE OF INCIDENT: 1879 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Surface ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he was knocked INCIDENT: Fatally injured from a fall of earth. down by a tank into a well and drowned. MINE: Day Dawn Shaft DATE OF INCIDENT: 1879 MINE: No. 1 South Phoenix Mine SEX: Male DATE OF INCIDENT: 30 August 1881 ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground SEX: Male INCIDENT: Fatally injured from falling down the ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground shaft. INCIDENT: Fatally injured whilst drilling a hole close to another that had been charged and MINE: Palmer River Gold Field fired, charge had not completely DATE OF INCIDENT: 1880 exploded, as the jar in drilling the fresh SEX: Male hole exploded what remained. ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured whilst landing a prop when MINE: No. 1 South True Blue he missed his footing and fell back down DATE OF INCIDENT: 2 September 1881 the shaft. SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground MINE: Etheridge Gold Field INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he fell down a shaft DATE OF INCIDENT: 6 June 1880 whilst trying to land a bucket of mullock SEX: Male on the brace. ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he fell down a shaft. MINE: No. 1 South True Blue DATE OF INCIDENT: 16 September 1881 MINE: Unknown SEX: Male DATE OF INCIDENT: 4 August 1880 ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground SEX: Male INCIDENT: Fatally injured whilst attempting to step ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground off at the 400 feet level and was crushed INCIDENT: Fatally injured from a fall of earth. by an ascending cage. MINE: Unknown MINE: South Glanmire and Monkland DATE OF INCIDENT: 8 October 1880 DATE OF INCIDENT: 5 October 1881 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured from leg fractures when INCIDENT: Fatally injured when ascending on a tank he fell down a shaft. that had been some time at the bottom of the shaft. Deceased fell with the tank. MINE: Golden Crown Mine DATE OF INCIDENT: 12 October 1881 SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he fell from a bucket whilst ascending the western shaft. He fell approximately 130 feet. Fatalities in Queensland metalliferous mines and quarries | 1877 – 2012 5 MINE: Tryconnel PC Lease MINE: No. 6 Lady Mary Mine, Gympie DATE OF INCIDENT: 1881 DATE OF INCIDENT: 20 May 1882 SEX: Male SEX: Male OCCUPATION: Miner ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Two men were fatally injured when they INCIDENT: Fatally injured by the fall of a bucket fell from a level in which one had taken down the main shaft, caused by the and one was taking refuge during the coupling of the chain breaking just as the firing of a charge below. bucket reached the top of the shaft. MINE: John Bull Mine, Woolgar MINE: B B Mine, Thornborough DATE OF INCIDENT: 27 May 1882 DATE OF INCIDENT: 1881 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground OCCUPATION: Miner INCIDENT: Fatally injured from an explosion of ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground charge – supposed to have put a match INCIDENT: Fatally injured when a portion of hanging in the hole with paper from his pocket wall fell and crushed him against the foot before ramming. wall. MINE: Etheridge Gold Fields MINE: Spero Meliora Claim DATE OF INCIDENT: 2 June 1882 DATE OF INCIDENT: 1 February 1881 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground ACCIDENT LOCATION: Surface INCIDENT: Found fatally injured in his drive after INCIDENT: Fatally injured after misplacing his foot several days, having been working whilst stepping into a bucket which would alone. take him to the surface and he fell to the bottom of the shaft. MINE: Herberton Gold Fields DATE OF INCIDENT: 31 August 1882 MINE: Better Luck Claim SEX: Male DATE OF INCIDENT: 16 May 1881 ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground SEX: Male INCIDENT: Fatally injured whilst fixing the detonating ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground cap with his teeth, thereby causing it to INCIDENT: Fatally injured after falling off a ladder in explode. the shaft from a broken rung. MINE: Bonnie Dundee Mine, Charters MINE: North Glanmire, Gympie Towers DATE OF INCIDENT: 16 January 1882 DATE OF INCIDENT: September 1882 SEX: Male SEX: Male ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground ACCIDENT LOCATION: Underground INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he commenced to INCIDENT: Fatally injured when he went in pull down rock which had been blasted immediately after firing a charge and the by the previous shift when it fell upon rock fell on him, crushing him.
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