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Gold miner fined $140,000 over worker death

CENTRAL Norseman Gold Corporation has been fined $140,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court over an incident that led to the death of a worker at its Harlequin gold mine near Norseman in 2014.

Noel Dyson
Central Norseman Gold Corporation fined $140,000 over worker death.

Central Norseman Gold Corporation fined $140,000 over worker death.

Machine operator Malcolm Wayne Fowlie was working underground at the mine on February 15 2014 when he was caught beneath an 18t rockfall. He died before his co-workers could reach him. The tunnel where...

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