Recovery mission continues after body found down unused mine shaft in Hunter Region
A police operation is underway in the state’s Hunter Region to recover the body of a man who fell into a decommissioned mine shaft during a workplace incident.
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A police operation is underway in the state’s Hunter Region to recover the body of a man who fell into a decommissioned mine shaft during a workplace incident.
Emergency services received reports a man’s body was found around 12.45pm on Tuesday, off Dry Creek Road, Ellalong, about 12km from Cessnock.
Authorities are working to retrieve the body of the man, believed to be in his late 50s.
“Officers attached to Hunter Valley Police District, with the assistance of the Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit, NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW and other agencies, are on scene working to retrieve the man’s body,” a police spokesman said on Wednesday morning.
The NSW Resources Regulator has launched an investigation into the incident, with a report to be prepared for the Coroner.
According to the latest figures from the Resources Regulator, in 2022-2023, one person died in a NSW mining incident, 83 suffered serious injuries, while a total of 767 injuries were reported.
The majority of those incidents related to coal mines across the state.
In April last year, a man died after falling down a private opal mine shaft in Lightning Ridge. In November 2023, another mine broke both his ankles after falling seven metres down a mine shaft in the north west of the state.
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