Mining company faces $35m penalty after worker crushed to death in wall collapse

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The NT's work safety watchdog takes legal action in relation to the death of a worker at the Bootu Creek mine site in 2019, laying a total of 38 charges over the incident.

A mining company is facing fines of up to $35 million over the death of a worker in the Northern Territory two years ago.

Mine superintendent Craig Butler was killed after a wall collapsed at the Bootu Creek Mine, north of Tennant Creek, in August 2019. The NT's work safety watchdog has today taken legal action against the mine's operator, OM Manganese, laying a total of 24 charges."In August 2019, the mine superintendent entered the open-cut pit, known as Tourag Pit, after four workers, who had entered the pit, reported seeing sediment slipping from the wall earlier that day," NT WorkSafe said in a statement."Tragically, a section of the wall gave way, burying the mine superintendent, as he was inspecting the wall.

The charges against Mr Cook include "reckless conduct for failing his duties as a worker to take reasonable care that his acts or omissions did not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons". NT WorkSafe said that if found guilty of all charges the company could face a combined maximum penalty of $35 million — the largest ever fine for a workplace death in the NT.The matter is expected to be heard in the Darwin Local Court on October 12.

 

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