Worker Killed in Rock Fall Due to Unsafe Ground Support System

Standin The Victorian workplace safety regulator has laid charges against two companies over a fatal gold mine collapse in March 2024. WorkSafe, on Thursday, charged Victory Minerals and Carr Mining Services with breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Kurt Hourigan, 37, was killed and his co-worker Connor Smith, 21, seriously injured in a rock fall at the Ballarat Gold Mine while working 500m below ground. Other miners underground at the time were able to make their way to a safety pod. Victory Minerals, which operates the mine, and Carr Mining Services, which […]