Flammable components, such as covers, guards or other fixtures can lead to an increased fuel load and fire potential in unexpected (from the designers perspective) fuel or fire locations
Drive shaft failures causing fires – NSW Resources Regulator Bulletin SB-11
New South Wales Resources Regulator Safety Bulletin, fires on mobile plant, drive shaft failures, universal joint, hydraulic component, whipping tail. [More...]
Fire risk of battery units for underground battery electric vehicles – NSW Resources Regulator Safety Bulletin SB21-05
New South Wales Resources Regulator Safety Bulletin, fire, battery units, underground, electric vehicles, mains powered mobile machinery. [More...]
Non-metallic materials add fuel to underground truck fire
New South Wales Resources Regulator Safety Alert, non-metallic materials, fuel, underground truck fire, fuel tank puncture, diesel. [More...]
Reviewing conditions on a mining vehicle for possible ignition and fire behaviour – flammable and combustible liquids
This paper published by Rickard Hansen from the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia, presents a study on ignition conditions and fire behaviour on various types of mining vehicles involving flammable or combustible liquids, where data from earlier fire experiments, incident reports and fuel inventories on different vehicle categories are applied. [More...]