REPORTED BLACK LUNG CASES IN QUEENSLAND:
December 1, 2015 - Percy Verall, 72, Ipswich coalfields. State's first confirmed case in 30 years. Two unnamed cases from Vale-run Carborough Downs mine also confirmed.
January, 2016 - Third unnamed case from Carborough Downs mine.
January 12, 2016 - Keith Stoddart, 66, worked at Middlemount's Grasstree mine since 1970s.
January 15, 2016 - 51-year-old former electrician, sixth confirmed case, worked in underground coal mines.
May 13, 2016 - 55-year-old central Queensland man, seventh confirmed case, underground miner for 28 years.
May 17, 2016 - Man in early 40s, worked in NSW and QLD mines. Announced by CFMEU, not confirmed by Department of Mines.
June 30, 2016 - 55-year-old, eighth confirmed case, worked at Bowen Basin mines for more than 20 years.
July 1, 2016 - 62-year-old Bowen Basin underground coal miner, ninth confirmed case.
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