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RE: Pike River - nzoomed - 21-11-2021
I think its great news that it gives some families closure, but it wont be enough evidence on if any have survived the explosion or not I dont think.
What it does tell us is that at least some parts of the mine deeper in are still intact.
Its the most tragic mining accident this country has had, if any money spent on this can bring people to account, then its 100% worth it.
RE: Pike River - Lilith7 - 22-11-2021
(21-11-2021, 08:28 PM)nzoomed Wrote: I think its great news that it gives some families closure, but it wont be enough evidence on if any have survived the explosion or not I dont think.It would be an excellent result if any findings from this tragedy were able to ensure that such an awful thing can never happen again here.
What it does tell us is that at least some parts of the mine deeper in are still intact.
Its the most tragic mining accident this country has had, if any money spent on this can bring people to account, then its 100% worth it.
RE: Pike River - TygerTung - 22-11-2021
I don't think that spending millions of dollars on findings will stop it happening again.
And there are often many other people getting killed doing various things, often even in the workplace in easily preventable accidents, but those don't capture the imagination of the country do they?
RE: Pike River - Lilith7 - 22-11-2021
(22-11-2021, 11:30 AM)TygerTung Wrote: I don't think that spending millions of dollars on findings will stop it happening again.Probably because so many were involved, I think, & in such a relatively small place.
And there are often many other people getting killed doing various things, often even in the workplace in easily preventable accidents, but those don't capture the imagination of the country do they?
RE: Pike River - Bracken - 22-11-2021
The Brunner Mine disaster is the deadliest mining disaster in New Zealand’s history: 65 killed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunner_Mine_disaster
Perhaps part of the reason the Pike tragedy captured the imagination of NZ was that it happened just a few weeks after the Copiapó mining accident in Chile, 5 August – 13 October 2010, and the safe rescue there of 'Los 33'.
RE: Pike River - TygerTung - 22-11-2021
https://data.worksafe.govt.nz/graph/summary/fatalities
RE: Pike River - Lilith7 - 22-11-2021
(22-11-2021, 03:57 PM)Bracken Wrote: The Brunner Mine disaster is the deadliest mining disaster in New Zealand’s history: 65 killed.That's likely to be a part of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunner_Mine_disaster
Perhaps part of the reason the Pike tragedy captured the imagination of NZ was that it happened just a few weeks after the Copiapó mining accident in Chile, 5 August – 13 October 2010, and the safe rescue there of 'Los 33'.
RE: Pike River - TygerTung - 22-11-2021
So we need to consider that there are more people dying all the time from more easily preventable causes.
RE: Pike River - Lilith7 - 22-11-2021
(22-11-2021, 04:09 PM)TygerTung Wrote: So we need to consider that there are more people dying all the time from more easily preventable causes.ideally our health system would be able to cope with it all - in an ideal world.
RE: Pike River - TygerTung - 22-11-2021
No, I mean workplace accidents. Often there is stuff which is obviously dangerous or a hazard, but it is ignored.
RE: Pike River - nzoomed - 22-11-2021
If only this robot was available at the time of the disaster...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRAGpo3wy0
RE: Pike River - Lilith7 - 23-11-2021
(22-11-2021, 10:21 PM)nzoomed Wrote: If only this robot was available at the time of the disaster...Interesting - that could have been really useful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRAGpo3wy0
RE: Pike River - joe 90 - 29-11-2021
(22-11-2021, 04:09 PM)TygerTung Wrote: So we need to consider that there are more people dying all the time from more easily preventable causes.Solid energy were warned it was a gaseous mine but went ahead anyway . substandard instalation short cuts to get it open rules not followed & the enevitable happened then the blame was shifted on to mine management. Pity we didnt get a full high court trial then it would all come out but govt & unions didnt want their part in it exposed
RE: Pike River - TygerTung - 30-11-2021
(29-11-2021, 11:35 PM)joe 90 Wrote:(22-11-2021, 04:09 PM)TygerTung Wrote: So we need to consider that there are more people dying all the time from more easily preventable causes.Solid energy were warned it was a gaseous mine but went ahead anyway . substandard instalation short cuts to get it open rules not followed & the enevitable happened then the blame was shifted on to mine management. Pity we didnt get a full high court trial then it would all come out but govt & unions didnt want their part in it exposed
Sure, but not sure what extra benefit we would get by more digging in the gaseous mine?