Information release on worker's death at mine site

Tuesday, 24 June, 2014

NSW Trade & Investment Mine Safety has published an Investigation Information Release into the death of a worker who died while attempting to clear a drainage borehole in an underground sump at Cobar on 11 June 2014.

The report is available on its website and investigations are continuing.

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