Glencore (LSE:GLEN) has an employee recovering from sustained burns following an incident at its Oaky Creek Coal Project, 102km northeast of Emerald.
The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) responded to Triple Zero calls that a male aged over 50 had his face exposed to extreme heat shortly after opening a generator cabinet at about 10:38am on 21 May 2026.
When paramedics arrived at the location off Oaky Creek Mine Access, they administered first-aid before airlifting the worker 312km east to Rockhampton Hospital via the Capricorn Helicopter Rescue Service.
QAS confirmed the man is in a ‘stable condition’.
Glencore’s ‘immediate priority’ is the safety, health, and well-being of the injured person and its workforce.
“Glencore can confirm an incident occurred at our Oaky Creek coal mine’s surface operations on Thursday and that an emergency response was initiated,” a spokesperson tells Industry Queensland.
“The incident involved a worker who sustained injuries and was transferred to hospital for treatment.”
The Oaky Creek mine is jointly owned by Glencore (55%), SCAP Oaky Creek (25%), and ICRA (20%).
Glencore is a multinational commodity trading and mining company with assets spanning more than 30 different countries.
Write to Richard Szabo at Mining.com.au
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