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<\/p>\nOne man is in hospital and another remains missing after an industrial incident at Curragh Coal Mine in Central Queensland.<\/p>\n
Police were called to the mine, near Blackwater, about 3pm.<\/p>\n
“Initial information indicates one man was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and one other man remains unaccounted for,” a Queensland Police Service spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“Police will assist partner agencies with their investigations of the incident.”<\/p>\n
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Emergency services were called to the Central Queensland mine about 3pm on Friday. (ABC News)<\/p>\n
Acting Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Tony Perrett said he had been briefed on the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Emergency crews, including the Queensland Mines and Rescue Service, are on site and doing everything possible,” he said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said two workers had been “recovered safely”, while work was continuing to rescue a third worker.<\/p>\n
“My thoughts are with all of those involved, their loved ones, the entire mining community,” he said.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the state’s resources safety regulator, Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ), said a roof had collapsed.<\/p>\n
“Resources Safety and Health Queensland was made aware of an incident involving a roof collapse that occurred at a central Queensland coal mine this afternoon,” they said.<\/p>\n
“RSHQ, along with emergency services and mines rescue, is responding.<\/p>\n
“Our current focus is on supporting efforts to recover a worker involved in the incident.”<\/p>\n
The mine’s parent company Coronado Global Resources said it was aware of the incident but did not provide comment.<\/p>\n
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