Thornton trucking company director fined $90,000 over death of employee and relative at Hunter mine

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 3 2020 - 10:05pm, first published 9:00pm
The truck photographed during the initial investigation by the Resources Regulator
The truck photographed during the initial investigation by the Resources Regulator

THE employer of a truck driver who was killed at the Rix's Creek open-cut mine near Singleton has been fined $90,000 over the December 2016 incident after pleading guilty to a charge that he failed to comply with the Work Health and Safety Act.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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