Dangerous goods safety alerts

The department publishes significant incident reports and safety bulletins on reported incidents and accidents. These safety alerts allow information to be communicated to industry and the public with the hope that similar incidents can be prevented.

Significant incidents reports cover individual incidents or accidents. Safety bulletins are produced to highlight safety concerns where there has been a cluster or trend of similar incidents, whether in Western Australia or worldwide.

The department also releases dangerous goods safety alerts, so that the learnings can be shared.

Dangerous goods safety incident alerts

Ammonium nitrate emulsion tanker trailer explosion

Dangerous goods safety significant incident summaries

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

- Ammonia release during ship unloading (SIR 01-19)
  Date: 19 March 2019 | Subject: Ammonia release during ship unloading
- Fireworks technician injured in fireworks line-of-fire incident (SIR 02-18)
  Date: 16 May 2018 | Subject: Fireworks technician injured in fireworks line-of-fire incident
- Gasket rupture at processing facility results in gas leak (SIR 01-18)
  Date: 11 April 2018 | Subject: Gasket rupture at processing facility results in gas
- Unexpected initiation of detonator and detonating cord (SIR 01-17)
  Date: 8 February 2017 | Subject: Unexpected initiation of detonator and detonating cord
- Switchboard fire caused by arc flash (SIR 03-16)
  Date: 13 May 2016 | Subject: Switchboard fire caused by arc flash
- Fire while decanting LP gas (SIR 02-16)
  Date: 4 March 2016 | Subject: Fire while decanting LP gas
- Hydrogen-fired boiler explosion (SIR 01-16)
  Date: 3 March 2016 | Subject: Hydrogen-fired boiler explosion
- Aluminium powder dust explosion at explosives manufacturing plant (SIR 01-15)
  Date: 11 December 2015 | Subject: Aluminium powder dust explosion at explosives manufacturing plant
- Sulphuric acid leak damages storage facility (SIR 01-14)
  Date: 22 August 2014 | Subject: Sulphuric acid leak damages storage facility
- Attempted unauthorised entry of an explosives magazine (SIR 01-09)
  Date: 9 October 2009 | Subject: Attempted unauthorised entry of an explosives magazine
- Transport incident involving the failure of a plastic intermediate bulk container containing a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acid (SIR 01-08)
  Date: 13 August 2008 | Subject: Transport incident involving the failure of a plastic intermediate bulk container containing a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acid
- Ammonium nitrate storage facility bucket elevator fire (SIR 01-07)
  Date: 22 November 2006 | Subject: Ammonium nitrate storage facility bucket elevator fire
- Hazards associated with the use of e-cigarette devices (Safety Bulletin 0121)
  Date: 22 February 2021 | Subject: Hazards associated with the use of e-cigarette devices
- Safe storage of ammonium nitrate (Safety Bulletin 0320)
  Date: 2 October | Safe storage of ammonium nitrate
- Safety considerations when manufacturing alcohol-based hand sanitisers (Safety Bulletin 0220)
  Date: 17 April | Safety considerations when manufacturing alcohol-based hand sanitisers
- Safety considerations for alcohol-based hand sanitisers (Safety Bulletin 0120)
  Date: 14 April 2020 | Safety considerations for alcohol-based hand sanitisers
- Safety considerations when switching to flammable refrigerants (Safety Bulletin 0218)
  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)
  Date: 20 November 2017 | Suitability of dry chemical powder fire extinguishers when transporting explosives and other dangerous goods
- Security of explosives (Safety Bulletin 0417)
  Date: 31 October 2017 | Subject: Security of explosives
- Access to fire extinguishers on petrol station forecourts (Safety Bulletin 0317)
  Date: 19 July 2017 | Subject: Access to fire extinguishers on petrol station forecourts
- Emergency breakdown procedures when transporting unodourised LP gas (Safety Bulletin 0217)
  Date: 7 July 2017 | Subject: Emergency breakdown procedures when transporting unodourised LP gas
- Gas storage for automatic fire-suppression systems (Safety Bulletin 0117)
  Date: 29 May 2017 | Subject: Gas storage for automatic fire-suppression systems
- Load restraint systems for packaged dangerous goods (Safety Bulletin 0216)
  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)
  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)
  Date: 6 January 2014 | Subject: Flammable refrigerants in non-refillable gas cylinders
- Management of blasting flyrock (Safety Bulletin 0113)
  Date: 20 December 2013 | Subject: Management of blasting flyrock
- Safe use of flammable refrigerants (Safety Bulletin 0312)
  Date: 1 August 2012 | Subject: Safe use of flammable refrigerants
- Managing risk from underground storage of explosives (Safety Bulletin 0212)
  Date: 30 April 2012 | Subject: Managing risk from underground storage of explosives
- Inadequate security involving explosives in underground mining equipment (Safety Bulletin 0112)
  Date: 19 April 2012 | Subject: Inadequate security involving explosives in underground mining equipment
- Unsafe disposal of dangerous goods drums (Safety Bulletin 0111)
  Date: 29 August 2011 | Subject: Unsafe disposal of dangerous goods drums
- Confinement of a small quantity of 1.4S explosives can result in large explosion (Safety Bulletin 0210)
  Date: 13 April 2010 | Subject: Confinement of a small quantity of 1.4S explosives can result in large explosion
- Inadequate checks at point of delivery leading to security incidents involving explosives (Safety Bulletin 0110)
  Date: 15 March 2010 | Subject: Inadequate checks at point of delivery leading to security incidents involving explosives
- Fire suppression measures for fixed underground explosives magazines (Safety Bulletin 0209)
  Date: 03 August 2009 | Subject: Fire suppression measures for fixed underground explosives magazines
- Risk assessment requirements for fixed underground explosives magazines (Safety Bulletin 0109)
  Date: 03 August 2009 | Subject: Risk assessment requirements for fixed underground explosives magazines

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