WorkSafe investigates fatal rock fall at mine
04 Apr 2024•BlueSafe Team•Source: WorkSafe VIC
WorkSafe Victoria is investigating a mine collapse that killed a 37-year-old man and left another worker seriously injured.
Workers are understood to have been carrying out hand-mining operations when a rock fall trapped two of them at about 4.30pm.
A 37-year-old man died. The other trapped worker was rescued and airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
The death brings the number of confirmed workplace fatalities in 2024 to 10, compared with 14 work-related deaths at the same point last year.
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