A 44 year old man was working in his shop late at night in Toowoomba, he was believed to be using a generator in a confined space while repairing storm-damaged floors. He collapsed and subsequently died after the paramedics tried to resuscitate him.
Oxygen Gas Detection and Detectors It’s an invisible and sometimes odourless danger that the human eye or nose can’t detect. Preventing a tragedy can be so simple and you wonder why these incidents are still happening. We just had the tragedy of the Brisbane man falling from a scaffolding due to improper safety regulations. Installing a fixed…
Ensuring safety in Australia’s oil and gas industry is an absolute necessity. Why do we do what we do, why do people buy what we sell? If you strip it all away it’s about safety, because ultimately, we all want to get home each night and spend time with the people that matter. The Australian…
When air enters any mine or other subsurface structure, it has a volume composition of approximately 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other gases on a moisture free basis. However, as the air progresses through the network of underground openings, that composition changes. There are two primary reasons for mine ventilation.…
Methane is a component of the earth’s atmosphere and is present at low concentrations. We inhale methane along with other atmospheric gases such as nitrogen and oxygen when we breathe. At room temperature and pressure, methane is an odourless and colourless flammable gas and is composed of carbon and hydrogen with the chemical formula of…