Mining operations have been suspended after a miner died at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine in the NSW Hunter Valley.<\/p>\n
The surface coal mine, operated by Glencore, produces about 3.5 million tonnes of coal each year and is located near Singleton in NSW, about 200km north of Sydney.<\/p>\n
Glencore chief executive officer Peter Sharpe confirmed the tragic news in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
Mr Sharpe said, with deep sadness, a worker died during a mobile equipment incident at their coal operation in the Hunter Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur sincere condolences go out to the worker\u2019s family, friends and colleagues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is tragic news for our entire workforce.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur immediate focus is on providing support to the worker\u2019s family and our employees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emergency services rushed to the site to respond to the incident.<\/p>\n
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) expressed its condolences to the family, friends and workmates of the miner who died at the NSW site.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MCA also thanks the emergency services personnel who responded to this incident,\u201d a spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSafety remains the highest priority for our industry, and any loss of life is a stark reminder of the critical importance of our ongoing efforts to ensure every worker returns home safely.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe MCA, alongside the entire Australian mining community, will continue to work hard to eliminate fatalities across the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
Labor MP Dan Repacholi said his thoughts were with everyone at the mine who was dealing with this devastating loss. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo one should have to receive news like this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Mining and Energy Union Safety Officer is on site as investigations get underway, and it\u2019s important we allow those investigations to determine exactly what happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur mining communities are built on hard work, mateship and looking out for one another. When we lose one of our own, the impact is felt right across the Hunter.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery worker deserves to go home safely at the end of every shift. There is nothing more important than making sure our workers are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mining operations have been suspended after a miner died at the United Wambo Open Cut coal mine in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[40816,78340,78376,78372,40881,72243,37726,60503,78369,78357,78375,22,78356,23,21,9884,57767,37528,1612,78377,72586,78343,44922,13948,69337,78353,46142,37309,78364,52,33828,57786,78344,3430,32479,78162,78367,78346,152,379,38649,596,78362,42074,46349,78358,38299,62951,78345,78361,78371,78342,61005,968,78163,41889,4381,78348,49186,78347,38263,78359,36700,78360,47211,78370,40695,78354,78352,60609,78341,78373,78365,3768,37551,78350,78366,78363,78351,46336,78374,78355,37117,78349,5279,78368],"class_list":["post-64281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-family","tag-a-miner","tag-a-mining","tag-a-mobile-equipment-incident","tag-a-spokesman","tag-a-stark-reminder","tag-a-statement","tag-a-worker","tag-about-200km","tag-about-3-5-million-tonnes","tag-any-loss","tag-au","tag-aussie-coal-mine","tag-australia","tag-austrlia","tag-coal","tag-deep-sadness","tag-each-year","tag-emergency-services","tag-energy-union-safety-officer","tag-every-shift","tag-every-worker","tag-exactly-what","tag-fatalities","tag-friends-and-colleagues","tag-friends-and-workmates","tag-glencore","tag-hard-work","tag-his-thoughts","tag-home","tag-investigations","tag-its-condolences","tag-labor-mp-dan-repacholi","tag-life","tag-mca","tag-miner","tag-mining-operations","tag-monday-mr-sharpe","tag-news","tag-newswire-news","tag-no-one","tag-nsw","tag-nsw-hunter-valley","tag-one-another","tag-our-employees","tag-our-entire-workforce","tag-our-immediate-focus","tag-our-industry","tag-our-mining-communities","tag-our-ongoing-efforts","tag-our-own","tag-our-sincere-condolences","tag-our-workers","tag-safety","tag-singleton","tag-site","tag-support","tag-sydney-glencore-chief-executive-officer-peter-sharpe","tag-the-critical-importance","tag-the-emergency-services-personnel","tag-the-end","tag-the-entire-australian-mining-community","tag-the-family","tag-the-highest-priority","tag-the-hunter","tag-the-hunter-valley","tag-the-impact","tag-the-incident-the-minerals-council","tag-the-mca","tag-the-mine","tag-the-miner","tag-the-nsw-hunter-valley","tag-the-nsw-site","tag-the-sector","tag-the-site","tag-the-surface-coal-mine","tag-the-tragic-news","tag-the-united-wambo-open-cut-coal-mine","tag-the-united-wambo-open-cut-mine","tag-the-worker","tag-their-coal-operation","tag-this-devastating-loss","tag-this-incident","tag-those-investigations","tag-tragic-news","tag-united-wambo-open-cut-mine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}