{"id":128141,"date":"2015-11-24T20:36:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T10:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=128141"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:21:36","slug":"rescuers-scramble-at-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/11\/24\/rescuers-scramble-at-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rescuers&#8217; Scramble At Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_128143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128143\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128143\" title=\"20141124 Meandu rescue exercise\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An emergency response team extracts one of the &#8220;casualties&#8221; from under the coal truck\u00a0 (Photo: Meandu Mine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 24, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four major incidents occurred at Meandu Mine recently which sent rescuers running, but there was no need to panic.<\/p>\n<p>The mine hosted an Emergency Response Team (ERT) skills development day for ERT teams from Meandu, New Acland Coal, New Acland Exploration Drillers and the Commodore Mine, south-west of Toowoomba.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There were four emergency scenarios for the teams to tackle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A coal haulage truck and a car collide resulting in four casualties,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A confined space accident with two casualties,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A fire near a pressure vessel, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A fall from height resulting in one casualty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Emergency Management Solutions and rescue equipment provider PT Hydraulics provided training and support.<\/p>\n<p>Also present were local firefighters, ambulance personnel, Dr Isabella Jonsson and Queensland Mines Rescue and Mines Inspector Lionel Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Asset Manager (Mining Operations) Jim Young said the day had been a big success.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128142\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128142\" title=\"20141124 Meandu rescue exercise\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In one scenario, four casualties were involved in\u00a0 a vehicle collision (Photo: Meandu Mine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_128144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128144\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128144\" title=\"20141124 Meandu rescue exercise\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20141124exercise2-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-128144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ERT fire teams tackle a blaze while a &#8220;victim&#8221; is carried to safety (Photo: Meandu Mine)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four major incidents occurred recently which sent rescuers running, but there was no need to panic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":128143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,24],"tags":[106,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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