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Injured worker gives damning evidence to inquiry into Australia’s Grosvenor Mine disaster In a display of courage, miner Wayne Sellars gave powerful evidence to the Coal Mine Board of Inquiry on April 7, shedding light on the methane gas blast at Anglo American’s underground Grosvenor Mine in Central Queensland on May 6 last year. Sellars was one of four workers who sustained horrific injuries from the explosion when they were engulfed in flames that ripped through the tailgate area of the mine’s Longwall 104 operation. He suffered burns to 70 percent of his body as well as kidney failu...

Premium Content Subscriber only A rare inquiry set up after last year’s horrific underground disaster at Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine is now finalising its investigation into the incident. Since the hearings launched on March 9, the board has heard evidence from 15 witnesses including mining inspectors from Resources Safety and Health Queensland, industry experts and injured coal mine worker Wayne Sellars. The hearings explored the Grosvenor mine disaster on May 6 2020 and the 27 methane exceedances that occurred at the mine between July 1 2019 and May 5 2020. They also covered the r...

Premium Content Subscriber only Hundreds of workers at Grosvenor mine have signed a petition calling for its senior leadership team to be sacked, saying safety culture has not been addressed since a blast left five workers with horrific burns. The petition was sent to Anglo American's metallurgical coal business chief executive Tyler Mitchelson from CFMEU mining and energy Queensland president Stephen Smyth on behalf of more than 200 workers. It stated employees at the Anglo American-owned mine expressed "extreme concern" about returning to work under the management team that oversaw the u...

The inquiry heard this action was also taken to improve the conditions for workers underground. "We would request to pump, we were in control of the face, we see the conditions worsening and just for our safety, we would request the pump," Mr Sellars said. The inquiry heard Grosvenor mine management would not always approve workers' requests to do this. "Sometimes they would just try to struggle through," Mr Sellars said. He said the mine lost "time and money" while workers were pumping the longwall face. When asked why he believed longwall 104 had more methane exceedances compared to o...

Grosvenor Coal Mine worker says underground explosion was 'like standing in a blowtorch' updated 2 AprApril 2021 at 8:40am Wayne Sellars, who was injured in the blast at the Grosvenor Mine, testified at the Coal Mining Board of Inquiry. ( Share Print text only Cancel One of the five workers seriously injured in a central Queensland mine explosion in 2020 has spoken publicly about the ordeal for the first time, saying the explosion felt "like standing in a blowtorch". Key points: Wayne Sellars was one of five workers seriously injured in the Grosvenor Mine explosion on May 6, 2020 He suffered ...