INDUSTRIAL SAFETY – QUEENSLAND

BHP facing fresh coal safety probe over 2018 fatality

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 29-Jan-20

Queensland’s Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Energy has filed criminal charges against BHP and Mitsubishi over the death of a worker at the Saraji coal mine in December 2018. The case, which will be heard by the industrial magistrates’ court, will allege that safety breaches may have contributed to the man’s death when his bulldozer fell into a pool of water. The Department has confirmed that it is investigating a similar incident at the Peak Downs mine in mid-2018, in which a dozer driver escaped serious injury.

CORPORATES
BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, MITSUBISHI CORPORATION, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MINES AND ENERGY

Dreams turn to horror as four killed on trouble-stricken water raft ride

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Original article by Michael McKenna
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 26-Oct-16

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says police and Workplace Health & Safety officials are investigating the cause of a fatal accident at a Gold Coast theme park. Two men and two women have died on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld after their raft hit another one and flipped over. Two of the victims were caught in a conveyor belt that carries the rafts. The ride is said to have experienced mechanical problems earlier in the day. It is the worst accident at an Australian theme park since 1979, when seven people died in a fire at Luna Park in Sydney.

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DREAMWORLD, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, QUEENSLAND. WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY BOARD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, ARDENT LEISURE GROUP – ASX AAD, LUNA PARK SYDNEY PTY LTD