Queensland's tougher industrial manslaughter laws are used against a mining company for the first time, over the death of worker Graham Dawson during a roof collapse in 2021.
Mining contractor Mastermyne and two of its former employees have been charged with industrial manslaughter over the death of coal miner Graham Dawson in 2021.
Miner Graham Dawson, 60, died during a roof collapse at the Crinum mine, 60 kilometres north-east of Emerald, in September 2021. Mining and Energy Union Queensland district president Mitch Hughes said the legislation was amended in 2020 after a decade of campaigning by the union.A guilty verdict of industrial manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment for individuals and senior officers and 100,000 penalty units for a company.He said the Mastermyne case could set a precedent for the Queensland mining industry, which has had three mining-related fatalities this year.
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