Reports and updates from the Explosives Inspectorate
The Explosives Inspectorate regularly shares information about developments affecting the explosives industry in Queensland. Updates are distributed via email to current licence and authorisation holders.
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Reports
Below are summaries of all reported explosives incidents in Queensland since 2005 (reports prior to July 2019 also include complaints). These include a report for each month of the current year and a compiled report for each year since 2005.
Since 2025, the Explosives Inspectorate has published quarterly reports on safety and health matters in the explosives and fireworks industries. The Quarterly report includes updates from the Inspectorate, industry safety and health data, incident profiles, safety shares and other information to support safe, secure and healthy work sites.
FY 2025–2026 reports
Previous years' reports
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- January – June 2022 Report (PDF, 2.8MB)
- 2021 report (PDF, 6.4MB)
- 2020 report (PDF, 4.3MB)
- 2019 report (PDF, 4MB)
- 2018 report (PDF, 3.6MB)
- 2017 report (PDF, 2.4MB)
- 2016 report (PDF, 1.8MB)
- 2015 report (PDF, 4.4MB)
- 2014 report (PDF, 4.2MB)
- 2013 report (PDF, 2.1MB)
- 2012 report (PDF, 606KB)
- 2011 report (PDF, 858KB)
- 2010 report (PDF, 716KB)
- 2009 report (PDF, 410KB)
- 2008 report (PDF, 424KB)
- 2007 report (PDF, 475KB)
- 2006 report (PDF, 357KB)
- 2005 report (PDF, 565KB)
Updates 2019–2022
Information emails to licence, authorisation holders relating to legislation, regulation, and compliance changes.
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- 6 Oct 2021: EOI – Participation in Working Group on Misfires
- 6 Oct 2021: Managing heat exposure
- 23 Sept 2021: Transitional security clearance arrangements for employees end on 1 February 2022
- 17 Sept 2021: Safety Alert 103: Ignition of fuel-air mixture from mobile processing unit discharge auger
- 30 June 2021: Regulatory and other explosives fees for financial year 2021–22
- 21 May 2021: Update – Principal Inspector of Explosives South Region
- 19 Mar 2021: Important notice – notification of significant delays to security clearance processing
- 29 Jan 2021: Important notice – explosives driver licences
- 15 Jan 2021: Safety Alert 102: Unsafe transport of fireworks in a passenger vehicle
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- December 2020: The Explosives Inspectorate hosted a Year in review webinar on topics affecting the explosives industry and the challenges of the future. The webinar also included a question and answer session.
- 26 Nov 2020: Transitional arrangements for explosives driver licences end on 1 February 2021
- 9 Oct 2020: Updated contact details for Queensland Explosives Inspectorate
- 4 Sep 2020: Update on recent amendments to the Explosives Regulation 2017
- 12 Aug 2020: Ammonium nitrate explosion at Port of Beirut
- 4 Aug 2020: Cheque payments to RSHQ
- 4 Aug 2020: Significant non-compliance in reporting of explosives incidents
- 8 Jan 2020: Explanation of 'unsupervised access' for security sensitive explosives
Incidents are categorised by safety and security for the various explosives industry sectors.
Investigative reports
Angellala Creek ammonium nitrate explosion
On Friday 5 September 2014 a road train carrying 52 tonnes of ammonium nitrate was involved in a single vehicle accident on the Mitchell Highway at Angellala Creek, approximately 30km south of Charleville in Queensland, Australia.
The Explosives Inspectorate from the then Department of Natural Resources and Mines conducted a thorough investigation into the nature and cause of the explosion. In the interest of public safety an investigation report was released.
Read more about the Angellala Creek significant incident investigation.
Explosive safety and security
Read how to complete the application form for an authorised explosive or trial (PDF, 337KB).