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Fire suppression system warning after defects identified

THE Queensland Mines Inspectorate has warned all mines to immediately audit all machine mounted fire suppression systems to determine whether they are functional after it found several fire suppression systems on mobile equipment had failed to activate.

Fire suppression system warning after defects identified

The QMI issued an alert to raise awareness of the occurrence of a serious incident with potential to cause serious injury to coal mine workers. "Upon manual activation of a fire suppression system during...

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