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A man is missing after a mine collapsed in central Queensland on Friday afternoon, while a second worker has been taken to hospital.
Emergency services received reports of a collapse at the Curragh open-cut coal mine in Blackwater, about 200 kilometres west of Rockhampton, about 3pm on Friday.
Queensland Police said two men who were working at the mine were caught in the collapse, which Nine News said occurred about 1 kilometre from the mine’s entrance.
Queensland’s Curragh coal mine, where a worker remains missing.Credit: Alamy
Police located one man, who was treated and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
“One other man remains unaccounted for,” a police spokesperson said.
Ambulance and police crews remained on the scene shortly after 5pm, as officers continued to search for the second man.
The mine is owned by global coal company Coronado.
More to come.
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