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Pike River learnings

PROPERLY embedding the outcomes from a risk assessment into a mine’s culture is one of the key learnings from the 2010 Pike River mine gas explosion that claimed 29 lives.

Lou Caruana
The Pike River disaster led to rethink of mine safety in New Zealand.

The Pike River disaster led to rethink of mine safety in New Zealand.

That is one of the lessons Tony Forster, who was appointed New Zealand’s chief inspector of mines after the Pike River disaster found. He said risk assessment was one of a key legislative building blocks...

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