In 2014, Paul McGuire, a worker at Anglo Coal Grasstree coal mine in central Queensland, opened a hatch and died almost instantly. He had suffocated in a poisonous atmosphere.
He was operating in a part of the mine he was unfamiliar with and where he was unsupervised, according to a state-government commissioned report. It was highlighted as an example of supervision's importance in a resources industry worth $71 billion in exports to the state.
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Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane. Email Liam at liam.walsh@afr.com.au
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