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Subscriber only Friends and family paid tribute to those they lost in tragic circumstances in what was already a difficult year. From valiant battles with cancer lost to a mining death and shocking traffic crashes, these are some of the people the community mourned whose lives were cut short in 2020. Donald Rabbitt, 33, died while working at Blackwater s Curragh coal mine. He was reportedly working on a float, which transports machinery, when it crushed him.
Donald Rabbitt Mine contractor Donald Rabbitt was reportedly just minutes from the end of his shift at Curragh Coal Mine when he was found trapped under a piece of heavy machinery on January 12.
March 6: COACHING CAPER SUITS SIDELINED SUN JUST FINE INJURED Gold Coast Suns midfielder Emma Pittman says she never considered life after football until starting her second stint in rehab. But the Mackay product has seen the silver lining during her time on the sidelines and the fire to return to the field as a better player and leader burns brighter than ever. Pittman originally injured her ACL in early 2019 and was nearing the end of her recovery period when she reaggravated the injury at training in January.
A central Queensland coal miner is suing for $1.4m in a negligence claim against her former employer over allegations she was placed at risk due to unsafe work practices. Amber Wensley worked at Coppabella mine, which is owned and operated by Peabody Energy Australia, when she claims she was exposed to a risk of damage and/or injury that should never have happened and has reduced her earning capacity by $1500 a week. The Nebo woman, who was a dump truck driver, claims she now suffers chronic pain and an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood after an unsafe load was dropped onto the tray of her vehicle from an unsafe height.