and i've never seen one single billionaire risking their life down a pit or in an open cut mine, not 1, so please sympathise with the billionaires all you like - but start a new thread.
http://www.safetowork.com.au/news/australia-has-more-mining-deaths-than-iran
Australia has more mining deaths than Iran!
Does Iran have a safer mining industry than Australia?
The statistics say yes, according to figures from Iran’s Lorestan University of Medical Science.
An official from the University told Iran’s ISNA news agency that one miner dies every 16 days in Iran, out of 5600 operating mines in the middle-eastern country.
So far this year, in only 181 days, Australian Mining has counted 12 mining workers that have died while at work or in camp.
At that rate, Australia has had one mining worker die every 15 days.
To compare, Iran is a country of 76 million people with an estimated 5600 operating mines, with one mining worker dying every 16 days.
Australia is a country of 22.7 million people with an estimated 446 operating mines, with one worker dying every 15 days, from an estimated 267,000 workers in mining and external related services.
Last year only six mining industry workers were killed nationwide in the entire year, and the year before there were no deaths in Western Australia.
Deaths to Date
15 January: Man, 26, became ill and collapsed. Newman exploration lease, Western Australia. BGH Mining Resources.
17 January: Michael Welsh, 53 (Mobile Plant Operator – Loader). Killed by a mud-rush. Mt. Lyell Gold Mine, Tasmania. Vedanta Resources.
15 February: Wayne Fowlie, 59. Killed in a rock fall. Harlequin Gold Mine, WA. Central Norseman’s Gold.
26 February: Daryl Manderson, 61, (Fitter). Crushed in a maintenance accident. Northern Territory. Gove Alumina Refinery (Rio Tinto)
16 April: Philip Grant, 35, (Miner Underground – Operator). Killed in an underground collapse. Austar Coal Mine, NSW. Yancoal
16 April: Jamie Mitchell, 49, (Miner Underground – Operator). Killed in an underground collapse. Austar Coal Mine, NSW. Yancoal.
6 May: Paul McGuire, 34 (Electrician). Succumbed to fumes. Grasstree Coal Mine, Queensland. AngloAmerican.
18 May: Man, 28, (Mobile Plant Operator – Truck). Died after an alleged assault. Tropicana Gold Project, Western Australia.
21 May: Mark Galton, 50′s, (Rigger). Fatal crush injury in EWP. Boggabri Coal expansion, NSW. Idemitsu.
26 May: Man, 63 (Mobile Plant Operator). Died while operating machinery. Brightstar Gold Mine, Western Australia. A1 Minerals Ltd.
11 June: James Hern, 26, (Construction Crew Operator). Died after being sucked into a pipe. CSA Copper, NSW. Glencore.
18-21 June: Brett Michael Kelly, 34 (Unknown Occupation). Went missing, presumed dead from falling down orepass. MIM Copper, Queensland. Glencore.
