‘Fallen on Deaf Ears’: Safety Fears Before Mine Tragedy

The body of a 37-year-old man who died after the rockfall, and named in multiple media reports as Kurt Hourigan of Bruthen, was recovered about 6am on Thursday.

A BHP worker is seen during a tour of the Olympic Dam mine site in Roxby Downs, South Australia, on Aug. 30, 2019. AAP Image/David Mariuz

A miner is dead and another is fighting for his life after an underground collapse at a Victorian mine that has been at the centre of union safety concerns.

Both men were pinned by fallen rocks at the Ballarat Gold Mine on Woolshed Gully Drive at Mount Clear, northwest of Melbourne, before 5pm on March 13.