The families of the victims of the Pike River disaster are calling for Australian experts to take over mine inspections while locals are trained up.
The plea comes following a day of scrutiny for the Department of Labour's only current mine inspector at the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Greymouth.
Michael Firmin explained today how he had not inquired whether Pike River had a formal system for identifying hazards, and that he had no no training on how to ensure the ventilation system met the rules.
The Department of Labour is employing more staff and another inspector starts next year, but families' spokesman Bernie Monk said experts should be brought in from Australia in the meantime.Prior to Cold Sore I leaned toward the former,
"I think that families need to be talking to the unions and making sure things move along a lot quicker," he told ONE News.
Members of the families of the 29 men who died in the explosions at the mine last year were rolling their eyes and shaking their heads in disbelief while Firmin presented his evidence.
Monk said the families want regulations around mine safety tightened and for inspections to be more thorough.
After the Pike River disaster the Department of Labour commissioned a report into how well staff did their job, and found its inspectors' performance was "commendable".there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach.
However, the report said mines inspectors did not "concern themselves specifically with whether the mine's occupational health and safety management system met legal requirements,the impact socket pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. complied with recognised practices or were subject to periodic review".
Firmin said his main focus when making ahe believes the fire started after the lift's Bedding blew, visit to the mine was getting underground and seeing for himself whether it was operating properly.
"We didn't conduct formal audits that would pick up those sorts of issues," he said.
"I did inspections underground and at times you may identify a problem with the health and safety management system. But no, I certainly didn't do any formal auditing."
Firmin said going through a formal audit process would have taken longer,This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS , and inspectors only had a limited time on site.
"I felt there was a need to go underground and that in someways is the best check to see if the systems are working properly."
He said Pike River Coal was at the "top of the triangle" when it came to complying with Department of Labour standards and wanted to be involved with best practice for underground mines.
He said he could not recall the mine being given an infringement notice while he was responsible for checking it, but it was on the verge of being handed an improvement notice for a refuge chamber.
The plea comes following a day of scrutiny for the Department of Labour's only current mine inspector at the Royal Commission of Inquiry in Greymouth.
Michael Firmin explained today how he had not inquired whether Pike River had a formal system for identifying hazards, and that he had no no training on how to ensure the ventilation system met the rules.
The Department of Labour is employing more staff and another inspector starts next year, but families' spokesman Bernie Monk said experts should be brought in from Australia in the meantime.Prior to Cold Sore I leaned toward the former,
"I think that families need to be talking to the unions and making sure things move along a lot quicker," he told ONE News.
Members of the families of the 29 men who died in the explosions at the mine last year were rolling their eyes and shaking their heads in disbelief while Firmin presented his evidence.
Monk said the families want regulations around mine safety tightened and for inspections to be more thorough.
After the Pike River disaster the Department of Labour commissioned a report into how well staff did their job, and found its inspectors' performance was "commendable".there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach.
However, the report said mines inspectors did not "concern themselves specifically with whether the mine's occupational health and safety management system met legal requirements,the impact socket pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. complied with recognised practices or were subject to periodic review".
Firmin said his main focus when making ahe believes the fire started after the lift's Bedding blew, visit to the mine was getting underground and seeing for himself whether it was operating properly.
"We didn't conduct formal audits that would pick up those sorts of issues," he said.
"I did inspections underground and at times you may identify a problem with the health and safety management system. But no, I certainly didn't do any formal auditing."
Firmin said going through a formal audit process would have taken longer,This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS , and inspectors only had a limited time on site.
"I felt there was a need to go underground and that in someways is the best check to see if the systems are working properly."
He said Pike River Coal was at the "top of the triangle" when it came to complying with Department of Labour standards and wanted to be involved with best practice for underground mines.
He said he could not recall the mine being given an infringement notice while he was responsible for checking it, but it was on the verge of being handed an improvement notice for a refuge chamber.
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