ENVIRONMENT

LHD explosion averted in high methane area

IT SEEMS luck and an onboard system averted an underground coal explosion after a load haul dump vehicle was driven into an area of a New South Wales coal mine with dangerously high levels of methane.

 A hand-held methanometer that reached 2.5% methane.

A hand-held methanometer that reached 2.5% methane.

The NSW Resources Regulator said the operator drove the LHD into an inadequately ventilated heading. Fortunately, the onboard methane shutdown system was triggered and shut down the LHD. The operator...

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