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Subscriber only A truck driver is suing his former employer for $1.1 million after a mining rig machine he was carting fell off a ramp at the Townsville Port. Wayne Milne, now 53, was employed as a truck driver for a haulage company based at Clermont in Central Queensland. His job required him to travel to remote locations within Queensland. Mr Milne was tasked to deliver a mining rig machine to the Port of Townsville in April 2019. He collected the rig from a repair shop in Mackay and drove to the port. Mr Milne claims that upon his arrival, there was no one there to assist with unloading the rig.
Truckie files $1 1m lawsuit after rig falls
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A Central Queensland railway supervisor has filed a $4 million lawsuit for PTSD after witnessing traumatic scenes, including fatalities, on railway lines throughout Queensland.
Brett Reynolds, now 36, was employed by Aurizon and Queensland Rail as an operations supervisor in Mackay and Brisbane.
He claims between 2010 and 2014 during his work duties he was directed to attend fatalities and or collisions that involved trains, persons and vehicles that were of âextreme physical traumaâ.
Mr Reynolds claims he was required to coordinate police and was required to speak with police, train drivers, witnesses, family members of deceased and members of the public.