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Beaconsfield inquest continues…

Monday 08 September 2008

The man who found the body of a Beaconsfield miner after the 2006 rockfall has told an inquest of the conditions in the mine after the disaster.


Beaconsfield inquest resumes

Friday 25 July 2008

The inquest into the death of Beaconsfield miner Larry Knight is continuing, more than two years after the fatal rockfall.


Inquest into miner’s death

Friday 11 July 2008

The driver of a shuttle car that crushed a miner against the wall of a central Queensland mine has told a coronial inquest a series of events could have led to the death.


Safety alert follows report into cyclone deaths

Monday 07 January 2008

SAFETY authorities in Western Australia have issued further recommendations to minimise hazards from cyclones impacting workplaces in the State’s north.


Coroner highlights contractor safety

Thursday 27 September 2007

THE recent coronial inquest into the death of a contractor at the Foxleigh Coal Mine in the Bowen Basin, highlights the challenges of the increasing reliance on contractors to provide services on mine sites, and recommendations to make the ‘zero harm’ goal a reality, according to a legal


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