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Worker Missing Underground After Mine Collapsed In Tasmania

Worker Missing Underground After Mine Collapsed In Tasmania

Once the area has been deemed safe, rescue workers will attempt to pull the worker to safety

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Emergency services are tending to a partial mine collapse in Tasmania over reports a worker has been trapped.

The person had made a 20-minute descent underground overnight when a section of earth collapsed at the Henty Gold Mine south west of Launceston.

His colleagues noticed the earth had shifted and ran up to surface level to raise the alarm.

Once the area has been declared safe, rescue workers will attempt to go underground and pull the worker to safety.

Work Safe Tasmania and the Mines Inspector have been notified.

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Topics: News, Australia

Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.

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