Historical events during the month of December
Australia
Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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01/12/1978
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Leichardt Colliery 1978
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Outburst
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In December, 1978, a major outburst occurred and killed two men. The ejected coal completely covered the miner and
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2
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04/12/2015
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Ipswich Miners Memorial
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Coal Mining commenced in Ipswich in 1843 on the bank of the Brisbane River at Redbank. This was the first coal mine in Q
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08/12/2015
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Black Lung
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09/12/2013
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Mt Lyell Shaft 2013
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Fall
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Maintenance workers Craig Gleeson, 45, and Alistair Lucas, 25, both fathers, were working almost 1km underground in the
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2
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10/12/1996
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Rick Turnball 1996
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Crush Injury
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At aproximately 10-00 am on Tuesday 10 December 1996, Mr Rick John Turnbull received fatal injuries when he was cru
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1
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10/12/1896
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Stockton Mine 1896
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Explosion
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In the Stockton Mining Disaster of 1896, nine men died from gas inhalation while trying to determine the cause of a gas
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11
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11/12/2014
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Grasstree Rib Fall 2014
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Strata
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ABC News reports:
A man has been crushed to death under a wall which collapsed on him in an underground mine in central
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1
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13/12/2016
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2016 Rix's Creek
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Crush Injury
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A worker was struck by the steel tailgate of a truck when he attempted to climb into the trailer underthe tailgate while
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1
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14/12/1997
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P Fowler 1997
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Workplace Injury
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At about 10.45 am on Sunday, 14 December 1997, Mr Phillip Anthony Fowler was found in an unconscious state by Mr Sc
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1
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15/12/1992
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Ian Haigh 1992
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Fall
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In late 1992 two D-11N caterpillar dozers were delivered to the Gregory mine some sixty kilometres north-east of Em
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18/12/2010
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Wayne McDonald 2010
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Tyre
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Wayne McDonald was a truck driver at Foxleigh Open Cut Coal Mine near Middlemount. By about 5.15am on the 18th December,
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1
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19/12/1990
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Gordon Wood 1990
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Outrush
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At the commencement of the morning shift on 19 December 1990, Gordon Dudley Wood together with 2 other men were att
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1
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31/12/1993
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Bolton, Kerr, Bissell and Swift 1993
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Vehicle
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Tom Bolton and Peter Kerr received fatal injuries and Shane Swift and Morris Bissell received serious injuries when
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2
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31/12/2018
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2018 Saraji Dozer Roll Over
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Vehicle
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The investigation into an incident at the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) Saraji Mine, near Moranbah in Queenslan
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1
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Rest of the World
Date
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Event
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Cause
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Description
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Deaths
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29/12/2016
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ECL Rajmahal Mine Dump Failure
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CMD, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has reported that an incidence of overburden dump slide/subsidence has occurred in
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18
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