Premium Content It has been a year of incredible highs and lows for Queensland mining. One of the biggest mine disasters in recent history rocked the industry, paving the way for the first ever Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry. Two weeks after the Grosvenor mine blast, tough new mine safety laws passed in Queensland parliament to establish industrial manslaughter as an offence in mines and quarries. Here are the major mine safety disasters, tragedies and triumphs of 2020: A mine contractor was just minutes from the end of his Sunday shift when tragedy struck, etching his name into the shameful history of mining deaths that have rocked the region.
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Subscriber only From a Yalboroo woman who was found alive after days of searching to Mackay being named a top destination for Queensland travellers, these were some of the top stories in March 2020. A CHINESE company with lease hold over parts of Keswick Island has been called out for illegally trying to restrict public access to the popular tourism destination. Picture: Daily Mercury The death of a teenage girl in an alleged hit and run incident in Beaconsfield rocked the community as police searched for the driver. Investigations were continuing into the death of the 15-year-old girl who died on Nicklin Dr after the incident about 3.15am Sunday.
Mr Symons said more people would use comprehensive health insurance as they advanced in age. More seniors were dropping their health insurance as the price was becoming too high for them to afford. I am still on private health, but I had a procedure a couple of years ago down at the Wesley Hospital (Brisbane), Mr Symons said. BMA was accused of failing to identify serious safety risks that led to the death of Allan Houston. Picture: Daily Mercury
January 4-5: MT OSSA Rural store owner Adrian Zarb said frequent power outages in December 2019 meant losing a five-month-old fridge that cost him $6000.
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Subscriber only Two of a CQ mine s most senior managers have been charged with serious safety breaches after underground electrician Brad Duxbury was crushed to death by falling coal while repairing machinery. A prosecutor has alleged defective safety measures at Carborough Downs mine were linked to the fatality. Jeremy David Futeran and Russel Clive Uhr each held the position of site senior executive at the mine, near Coppabella, in the months leading up to the Ipswich father s tragic death late last year. Specialist workplace health and safety prosecutor Aaron Guilfoyle has alleged the two men failed to keep the risk to workers was at an acceptable level including by ensuring entry to restricted and no access zones complied with the mine s Safety and Health Management System.
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Subscriber only A company and two individuals have been charged over the death of Ipswich father Brad Duxbury at a Central Queensland mine last year. Brad Duxbury died after a fall of coal on the longwall face at the Carborough Downs site near Coppabella on November 25 2019. Fitzroy Australia Resources owns the mine. A Resources Safety and Health Queensland spokeswoman said the regulator had finalised its investigation into Mr Duxbury s death. (RSHQ) referred the matter to the independent Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, who has determined to commence prosecution proceedings in relation to this incident, she said. As these are now matters before the court, it is not appropriate for RSHQ to comment further on these proceedings.