The death, at Anglo American’s Moranbah North site, marks the latest in a string of fatalities and serious safety incidents in the state’s mines after a ‘safety reset’ two years ago.
Work at a central Queensland mine have halted after a 59-year-old worker was killed in what the operator has described as a “lifting incident” overnight, the third industry fatality in the state since September.
Anglo American operates a number of mines around Queenlsand and the Moranbah region, including the Moranbah North and Grosvenor mines.The man was declared dead at the scene after suffering critical head injuries during a workplace incident, a police spokeswoman said. He was an employee of a contractor on the site.
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