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A mine worker was seriously injured at a CQ mine less than three months before Ipswich father Brad Duxbury was killed by falling coal at the same underground site in a strikingly similar incident.
The contractor was struck by falling roof linked to a geological fault, and within three weeks of similar collapses in the same area.
The Daily Mercury can reveal Carborough Downs Mine Management has been charged in relation to serious alleged safety breaches over the incident.
Specialist workplace health and safety prosecutor Aaron Guilfoyle has alleged the mine did not follow its own Safety and Health Management Systems in relation to unstable roof and wall strata.
Serious injury at same CQ mine 2 5 months before fatality
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Serious injury at same CQ mine 2 5 months before fatality
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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.