27yo man has died following accident at Central Qld mine

A man has died following an accident at a mine in central Queensland.

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00:00 Authorities have confirmed that a 27-year-old man was pinned between vehicles at Siraji

00:06 Mine yesterday afternoon.

00:09 Emergency services were called to the scene at around 1.30.

00:13 The man was transported to Dysart Hospital but died from fatal injuries.

00:17 He was a contract worker at the open-cut coal mine that's owned by BMA.

00:23 The mine is located to the nearest town, which is Dysart, a small town in central Queensland,

00:28 approximately three hours northwest of Rockhampton.

00:31 Operations at the mine have been suspended until further investigations.

00:36 BMA have confirmed they're working with the mine inspectorate on these investigations.

00:41 Resources, Safety and Health Queensland has also launched an investigation and members

00:45 from the Mining and Energy Union are on site.

00:48 The last fatality we know recorded at this mine site was on New Year's Eve in 2018.

00:54 And how's the community reacting to what's happened, Hannah?

01:00 Members of the mining community are taking to social media, posting about how heartbreaking

01:05 it is when a miner doesn't come home or any worker doesn't come home from their shift.

01:11 A deputy mayor of the Isaac Regional Council, Kelly Vevey, has posted that she can't help

01:16 but think of the families and workmates who have been through this before.

01:19 We know it could be any one of us, so it's all of us.

01:22 The grief runs as deep as the coal seams beneath our feet.

01:25 BMA Asset President Adam Lancey has extended his deepest sympathies to family and friends

01:30 of the worker.

01:31 And BMA will be offering counselling services to all workers, contract workers and families.

01:37 And they're encouraging people to reach out to the Employee Assistant Program on 1800

01:43 056076.

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