2026 Peak Downs
Statement from BMA Asset President, Adam Lancey:
With sadness, we confirm that a member of our team who worked for one of our contracting partners was fatally injured this morning at Peak Downs Mine in a vehicle-related incident. A second team member was injured.
This is a devastating tragedy which will be felt across BMA, BHP and the entire resources sector. We are providing support to the families and loved ones involved.
We are working closely with emergency services and Resources Health and Safety Queensland.
A man killed in a crash between a haul truck and a utility at the Peak Downs coal mine has been publicly identified as Thiess team member Andreas Loizou.
In a written statement, Thiess extended deepest sympathies to Mr Loizou’s family, loved ones, friends and colleagues.
“Our thoughts are also with the tight-knit Bowen Basin mining community and the mining industry more broadly,” the company said.
Police were called early yesterday to the crash, with one man declared deceased at the scene and another man transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Early information from Resources Safety and Health Queensland indicates Mr Loizou was a passenger in a light vehicle on the haul circuit when a collision occurred with a haul truck.
This accident claimed the life of 1 person.