Mine safety
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- Perth
Perth school student among those burnt by chemicals at Alcoa’s accident-prone refineries
Two students from a high school in Kwinana “came into contact with a caustic substance” – a chemical able to burn or corrode flesh – during a year 12 work placement.
- Peter Milne and Holly Thompson
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As WA mining death toll rises, courts yet to rule ‘industrial manslaughter’
WA now has tougher laws, but investigation and prosecution rate is lagging far behind the death rate in workplaces subject to severe skills shortage pressures.
- Peter Milne
Families finally see inside Box Flat on 50th anniversary of mining disaster
Seventeen were entombed, and another later died of his injuries. Now, the explosion that transformed a Queensland community has been recreated online.
- Tony Moore
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- Anglo American
Worker killed in ‘lifting incident’ at central Queensland coal mine
The 59-year-old’s death, at Anglo American’s Moranbah North site, is the latest in a string of fatalities and serious safety incidents in the state’s mines after a “safety reset” two years ago.
- Matt Dennien
Rio Tinto’s care for workers in COVID-19 isolation ‘inadequate’: unions
Instant noodles and tea bags are part of a tangled fight brewing between unions and Rio Tinto about care for workers in COVID-19 isolation.
- Peter Milne
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- Russia
Dozens trapped underground after fatal coal mine fire in Siberia
A fire at a coal mine in Russia’s Siberia has killed at least 14 people and injured more than 40, with dozens of others remaining trapped, authorities said.
- Daria Litvinova
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- Tragedy
Worker dies after ground collapses at FMG Pilbara mine site
A worker died after ground collapsed at Fortescue Metals Group’s Solomon Hub this morning and operations have been suspended.
- Peter Milne
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- Queensland
Worker dies in Queensland underground mine collapse
The underground mine collapse occurred north of Emerald about 12am on Wednesday.
- Jocelyn Garcia
Inquiry finds ‘unacceptable level of risk’ faced by Grosvenor miners
A wide-ranging probe, established after five workers were seriously injured in a blast last year, has found gas drainage systems could not cope at the central Queensland mine.
- Matt Dennien
Queensland miner didn’t realise he was still on fire after mine explosion
Wayne Sellars recounted to the Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry the methane gas explosion at Grosvenor Coal Mine last year.
- Toby Crockford and Felicity Caldwell
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