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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.