Operations at the Oaky Creek Coal Mine have been suspended in the wake of Queensland's fourth mining worker death this year and the union is asking questions about safety in the industry.
Oaky Creek Coal Mine is in Queensland's Bowen Basin, 350 kilometres north-west of Rockhampton.Operations have been suspended at the Oaky Creek Coal underground mine following the death of a worker.The mining union says it will question why there have been so many fatalities in the industry.Share article
"Even if people are not directly there at the event, it’s the ripple effect of working at a mine or around the industry itself when these events occur.” A report will be prepared for the coroner and police are assisting Workplace Health and Safety with the investigation.The RSHQ coal inspector issued a directive to isolate the incident scene while it was investigating.Speaking at a press conference in Rockhampton this morning, Queensland Premier Steven Miles said it was an “awful tragedy”."Too many mine workers have died this year,” he said.
Mr Miles said he felt strongly about workplace health and safety given his mother was a workplace health and safety inspector and his dad worked in a factory.“These are big profitable multi-national companies … they need to be taking better care of their workers,” he said.
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