Calls for Sweeping Review After Another Mining Death

Published on October 4, 2024

Calls for an industry-wide review have been sparked by a worker’s death in central Queensland, the latest in a string of mining fatalities. Operations have been suspended at the Oaky Creek coal mine amid an investigation into a machinery incident that left one man dead and another seriously injured. It marked central Queensland’s fourth mining fatality this year and third in just months, prompting a union outcry and a demand from Premier Steven Miles for companies to better care for workers. “This is an awful tragedy … too many mine workers have died this year,” Miles told reporters on Oct. 3....

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