This is a list of industrial accidents and incidents that have resulted in environmental damage and/or has resulted in death or major injury that have occurred within the fossil fuel industry in Australia, in either the extraction, mining, processing or transporting phases.
Xstrata's Oaky Creek coal mine, miner lost his life when vehicle was driven over the edge of the excavation due to the substandard condition of the workplace – 1996[18]
Laleham No1 coal mine, miner pinned between machinery resulting in death of miner – 1996[19]
Eastern Star Gas (taken over by Santos Ltd) Coal Stream Gas operation incident which resulted in 10,000 litres of toxic water waste entering the environment in the Pilliga State Forest – 2011[38][39]
Princess Highway closed after heavy resulted in land movement at the Hazelwood mine causing cracks in the road – 2011[40][41]
Springvale and Angus Place coal mines – Undertook unapproved coal mining and/or discharging mine groundwater into an environmentally sensitive area – 2011[42]
Collapse of the Morwell River Diversion at the Yallourn Coal Mine – 2012[43]
This is a list of industrial accidents and incidents that have resulted in environmental damage and/or has resulted in death or major injury that have occurred within the fossil fuel industry in Australia, in either the extraction, mining, processing or transporting phases.
Xstrata's Oaky Creek coal mine, miner lost his life when vehicle was driven over the edge of the excavation due to the substandard condition of the workplace – 1996[18]
Laleham No1 coal mine, miner pinned between machinery resulting in death of miner – 1996[19]
Eastern Star Gas (taken over by Santos Ltd) Coal Stream Gas operation incident which resulted in 10,000 litres of toxic water waste entering the environment in the Pilliga State Forest – 2011[38][39]
Princess Highway closed after heavy resulted in land movement at the Hazelwood mine causing cracks in the road – 2011[40][41]
Springvale and Angus Place coal mines – Undertook unapproved coal mining and/or discharging mine groundwater into an environmentally sensitive area – 2011[42]
Collapse of the Morwell River Diversion at the Yallourn Coal Mine – 2012[43]