The death of West Coast miner Cameron Goss has come before a North-West court.
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The 44-year-old Mr Goss died in January 2020 while he was working underground at the West Coast's Henty Gold Mine, near Queenstown.
Unity Mining, the company which operates the mine, has been charged with failing to comply with health and safety obligations, exposing workers to the risk of death.
The matter was listed before Magistrate Leanne Topfer in the Burnie Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Court documents show Mr Goss, a bogger operator, was driving a loader underground when a stope collapsed, causing the loader and Mr Goss to fall into a void.
The documents stated he died as a result of a blunt force trauma to his chest.
Given the nature of the underground collapse, Mr Goss's body was not recovered for nearly a month.
Mr Goss's death followed a number of other mining deaths on the West Coast in the last decade, including three deaths in five weeks at a Queenstown mine and a death at Savage River in 2017.
Court documents alleged Unity Mining failed a number of specific health and safety obligations that exposed Mr Goss to the risk of death.
Representatives for the company did not enter a plea on the charges, and the matter was adjourned to May 31.
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