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Premium Content Subscriber only A Yeppoon coal miner and his wife have filed a $4.2 million lawsuit against major coal companies for damages after he contracted black lung disease in 2017. Kerry Lucas, 62, was previously a very active member of the community but now struggles for breath and to walk a short distance. The workplace injury lawsuit was filed in the Rockhampton Supreme Court last month against Workcover Queensland, Rolleston Coal Holdings, Joy Global, Ensham Resources, BM Alliance Coal Operations, BHP Coal and BHP Billton Mitsui Coal. Workcover Queensland has been listed as a successor for Eagle Engineering, which is now wound up. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A CQ miner has hit his employer with a $1.2m lawsuit over alleged safety breaches he claims caused a debilitating shoulder injury. But BHP is defending the supreme court claim arguing the worker s own failures caused the two-metre fall and that he had a pre-existing condition. Leonard Dennis Booroff is seeking the multimillion dollar payout because he claims his injuries will deteriorate over the next six months and he will not be able to work. Mr Booroff was inspecting a grader while on day shift at BMA s Saraji mine on June 3, 2015 when he fell about 1.8 to two metres from a platform on the machine. ....
CQ mine crowdsources fix for maintenance safety challenge The team from Jord International at their Australian headquarters. Jord International has been awarded the first contract from BHP under their Supplier Innovation Program Challenge to develop a safer solution to filter press maintenance Business Staff writers Premium Content Subscriber only Caval Ridge Mine wash plant maintenance crews will no longer be exposed to rotating machinery during filter press repairs thanks to a new solution developed through a supplier innovation program. In June 2020, BHP launched the Supplier Innovation Program designed to make it easier for companies from the mining equipment, technology and services sector to work with the mining giant. ....