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Subscriber only A 71-year-old Moranbah man has filed a $1.3m workplace injury lawsuit against a major coal mine company because he contracted black lung disease. Bernard Bell claims he has a permanent disability, coughs regularly, suffers shortness of breath and wheezing. Mr Bell, through Mackay company, Macrossan and Amiet Solicitors, is suing BHP Coal for $1,323.454.12. Court documents were filed at Rockhampton Supreme Court in February. According to the documents, Mr Bell was employed at BHP s Goonyella Riverside Mine between 2005 and 2007 as a trades assistant, electrician and fitter. Mr Bell claims he was exposed to an unacceptable and unsafe level of respirable dust at the Shecon Operation Area at the open cut mine.
Ex-miner sues major coal company over black lung diagnosis
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