Mt Lyell Inrush 2014
The 53-year-old man died from injuries received in a workplace accident at the Mount Lyell mine in Queenstown just before 8:00am (AEDT).
The loader operator, a contractor with Barminco, was not responding when found by the mine's rescue team.
The mine operator, Copper Mines of Tasmania, says the man died after what is known as a mud rush in the mine's lower levels. A mud rush is a sudden inflow of mud from underground openings, and they have been the cause of other mining deaths in Australia.
This accident claimed the life of 1 person.