Dangerous goods safety alerts

Dangerous goods safety incident alerts

Ammonium nitrate emulsion tanker trailer explosion (Incident Alert) - 763 Kb

Incident Alert: Ammonium nitrate emulsion tanker trailer explosion (November 2022)

Dangerous goods safety significant incident summaries

Fire in an ammonium nitrate storage shed (SIS 01/22) - 225 Kb

Fire in an ammonium nitrate storage shed (SIS 01/22)

Significant incident report numbering is not continuous and may have been revised and reissued, or deleted as it no longer reflects best practices and/or the department's risk management approach.

Dangerous goods safety significant incident reports

Aluminium powder dust explosion at explosives manufacturing plant (SIR 0115) - 96 Kb

Date: 11 December 2015 | Subject: Aluminium powder dust explosion at explosives manufacturing plant

Ammonia release during ship unloading (SIR 0119) - 193 Kb

Date: 19 March 2019 | Subject: Ammonia release during ship unloading

Ammonium nitrate storage facility bucket elevator fire (SIR 0107) - 59 Kb

Date: 22 November 2006 | Subject: Ammonium nitrate storage facility bucket elevator fire

Attempted unauthorised entry of an explosives magazine (SIR 0109) - 74 Kb

Date: 9 October 2009 | Subject: Attempted unauthorised entry of an explosives magazine

Fire while decanting LP gas (SIR 0216) - 502 Kb

Date: 4 March 2016 | Subject: Fire while decanting LP gas

Fireworks technician injured in fireworks line-of-fire incident (SIR 0218) - 240 Kb

Date: 16 May 2018 | Subject: Fireworks technician injured in fireworks line-of-fire incident

Gasket rupture at processing facility results in gas leak (SIR 0118) - 148 Kb

Date:11 April 2018 | Subject: Gasket rupture at processing facility results in gas

Hydrogen-fired boiler explosion (SIR 0116) - 336 Kb

Date: 3 March 2016 | Subject: Hydrogen-fired boiler explosion

Sulphuric acid leak damages storage facility (SIR 0114) - 139 Kb

Date: 22 August 2014 | Subject: Sulphuric acid leak damages storage facility

Switchboard fire caused by arc flash (SIR 0316) - 96 Kb

Date: 13 May 2016 | Subject: Switchboard fire caused by arc flash

Transport incident involving the failure of a plastic intermediate bulk container containing a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acid (SIR 0108) - 59 Kb

Date: 13 August 2008 | Subject: Transport incident involving the failure of a plastic intermediate bulk container containing a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acid

Unexpected initiation of detonator and detonating cord (SIR 0117) - 231 Kb

Date: 8 February 2017 | Subject: Unexpected initiation of detonator and detonating cord

Safety bulletins numbering is not continuous and may have been revised and reissued, or deleted as it no longer reflects best practices and/or department's risk management approach.

Dangerous goods safety bulletins

Hazards associated with the use of e-cigarette devices (Safety Bulletin 0121) - 287 Kb

Date: 22 February 2021 | Subject: Hazards associated with the use of e-cigarette devices

Safe storage of ammonium nitrate (Safety Bulletin 0320) - 443 Kb

Date: 2 October | Safe storage of ammonium nitrate

Safety considerations for alcohol-based hand sanitisers (Safety Bulletin 0120) - 137 Kb

Date: 14 April 2020 | Safety considerations for alcohol-based hand sanitisers

Safety considerations when manufacturing alcohol-based hand sanitisers (Safety Bulletin 0220) - 175 Kb

Date: 17 April | Safety considerations when manufacturing alcohol-based hand sanitisers

Safety considerations when switching to flammable refrigerants (Safety Bulletin 0218) - 258 Kb

Date: 25 July 2018 | Safety considerations when switching to flammable refrigerants

Suitability of dry chemical powder fire extinguishers when transporting explosives and other dangerous goods (Safety Bulletin 0517) - 350 Kb

Date: 20 November 2017 | Suitability of dry chemical powder fire extinguishers when transporting explosives and other dangerous goods

Security of explosives (Safety Bulletin 0417) - 283 Kb

Date: 31 October 2017 | Subject: Security of explosives

Access to fire extinguishers on petrol station forecourts (Safety Bulletin 0317) - 275 Kb

Date: 19 July 2017 | Subject: Access to fire extinguishers on petrol station forecourts

Emergency breakdown procedures when transporting unodourised LP gas (Safety Bulletin 0217) - 110 Kb

Date: 7 July 2017 | Subject: Emergency breakdown procedures when transporting unodourised LP gas

Gas storage for automatic fire-suppression systems (Safety Bulletin 0117) - 107 Kb

Date: 29 May 2017 | Subject: Gas storage for automatic fire-suppression systems

Load restraint systems for packaged dangerous goods (Safety Bulletin 0216) - 315 Kb

Date:3 August 2016 | Subject: Load restraint systems for packaged dangerous goods

Gold-leaching reagent containing cyanide – incorrectly labelled and transported by supplier (Safety Bulletin 0116) - 66 Kb

Date: 10 May 2016 | Subject: Gold-leaching reagent containing cyanide – incorrectly labelled and transported by supplier

Flammable refrigerants in non-refillable gas cylinders (Safety Bulletin 0114) - 289 Kb

Date: 6 January 2014 | Subject: Flammable refrigerants in non-refillable gas cylinders

Management of blasting flyrock (Safety Bulletin 0113) - 117 Kb

Date: 20 December 2013 | Subject: Management of blasting flyrock

Inadequate checks at point of delivery leading to security incidents involving explosives (Safety Bulletin 0110) - 74 Kb

Date: 15 March 2010 | Subject: Inadequate checks at point of delivery leading to security incidents involving explosives

Confinement of a small quantity of 1.4S explosives can result in large explosion (Safety Bulletin 0210) - 42 Kb

Date: 13 April 2010 | Subject: Confinement of a small quantity of 1.4S explosives can result in large explosion

Inadequate security involving explosives in underground mining equipment (Safety Bulletin 0112) - 94 Kb

Date: 19 April 2012 | Subject: Inadequate security involving explosives in underground mining equipment

Risk assessment requirements for fixed underground explosives magazines (Safety Bulletin 0109) - 48 Kb

Date: 03 August 2009 | Subject: Risk assessment requirements for fixed underground explosives magazines

Fire suppression measures for fixed underground explosives magazines (Safety Bulletin 0209) - 53 Kb

Date: 03 August 2009 | Subject: Fire suppression measures for fixed underground explosives magazines

Unsafe disposal of dangerous goods drums (Safety Bulletin 0111) - 99 Kb

Date: 29 August 2011 | Subject: Unsafe disposal of dangerous goods drums

Managing risk from underground storage of explosives (Safety Bulletin 0212) - 114 Kb

Date: 30 April 2012 | Subject: Managing risk from underground storage of explosives

Safe use of flammable refrigerants (Safety Bulletin 0312) - 144 Kb

Date: 1 August 2012 | Subject: Safe use of flammable refrigerants