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Queensland Ambulance Services confirmed they had received a call for two patients around 4.35pm, with the a rescue chopper immediately sent to Oaky Creek Coal Mine.
No accident information is available at this time.
This accident claimed the life of Frank Thomas
The fatal incident at Oaky Creek occurred when two employees were carrying out maintenance works, mine operator Glencore said.
A man in his 30s suffered significant head injuries, Queensland Ambulance Service said.v Industry regulator Resources Safety and Health Queensland confirmed the man died at the scene.
Another man – aged in his 20s – was airlifted to Rockhampton Hospital with life-threatening head, arm and leg injuries.It marked the fourth mining fatality in central Queensland this year and third since August.