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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1961 Nov 30 DOC CSR220 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Wittenoom Manager from Mines Dept Stating the Dust Conditions there are a Serious Health Hazard to Workers & Aren't being Addressed The Manager Australian Blue WITTENCOM Asbestos Pty Ltd. ME es ees Dear Sir em ow wave tg 6th November 1961 ALG. { Inspections and tests made at your mine have prevalent to your Mining and Milling Sections threatens injury of persons in or about your mine proved that dust or tends to the bodily This dust menace is also aggravated by dust arising from up from Mill tailings areas built } Medical examinations of workers who either are employed or have been employed on your properties at Wittenoom have shown that | is present a dangerous dust menarice = As you are aware a party comprising myself of Mines for Ventilation and the District the District Inspector of Mines for the West Inspector and the Workmen's Inspector Pilbarra Goldfields have now between us inspections and examinations of your mine workings completed . This party was brought by me to Wittenoom to examine the of your dust control progress obtain position and to projects to information of the present overall impress on you as Registered Manager and Senior Representative of Australian Blue Asbestos Pty Ltd. at Wittenoom the and dangerous position which is extremely serious serious ~ present serious e - I have noted the work carried out and appreciate that you have with apparently attempt to control the dust menace by you and your departmental officers limited resources continued to as follows nn 1. ' By Virtue of Section 22 of the Mines that immediate and Regulation Act No. 54 of 1946 I request eradicate complete work and methods be undertaken and continued to the dust menance on and in I must also your Mining Tenements in the Hammersly Ranges refer you to Section 49 of the said Act which " he shall not use anything or work in includes a place that is unsafe or ecwccces apparently unsafe ' mill alternative other than to declare the mine and as unsafe . Psa 2. The requirement of Regulation 150 of the Mines Regulation Act and Regulations These places underground generated a placecshutes b Whilst the present method of jets must be used at all Mining continues water times at all places where dust is use all chutes include all faces after firing all soraper ways when in ore passes and ore transfer points Similar all of same oe - jets must also be installed and used in the where dust is Milling Sections at escaping into the air and where the installation will not interefere with treatment also the the from atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere ts sections eliminated completely completely milling milling milling ge method method ae ee anr e ay Yours faithfully i J. BOYLAND SENIOR INSPECTOR HINES SENIOR INSPECTOR HHIINNEESS .