Investigations into death of mine worker in central QLD

A worker has been killed at a coal mine in central Queensland. It happened at the BMA Saraji mine near Dysart yesterday afternoon.

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00:00 Work at that mine has been suspended after this incident happened yesterday.

00:07 Queensland Ambulance Service was called to the Siraji mine at around about 1.30pm.

00:13 They found a man, he was a contract worker at the mine, he was in a critical condition

00:18 and taken to hospital.

00:22 So it's very sad news for this particular mine and also the workers at this Siraji mine.

00:29 In fact BMA has put out a statement saying that it is deeply saddened by what has happened

00:33 here and is working with the relevant authorities to get to the bottom of what actually happened

00:38 here.

00:39 So it's understood that this man in his 20s was involved in some sort of vehicle accident

00:44 on the mine site.

00:46 So that will be a big part of the investigation, finding out what actually happened in that

00:53 instance.

00:54 So we also know that the union is also involved in this.

00:59 There is officers on site that are going to be a part of this investigation and it's saying

01:04 that no stone will be left unturned in trying to get to the bottom of what actually happened.

01:10 So there was another death at this mine, the Siraji mine back in 2018.

01:16 That was on New Year's Eve when a man aged 49, his name was Alan Houston, he died when

01:22 the bulldozer he was driving, or the dozer he was operating was rolled over.

01:28 So look, bad news for this morning coming out of that mine.

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