6PR Breakfast received correspondence from a listener that there had been a death at Boodarie on the rail involving BHP and the plant that has been closed down.

BHP WA Iron Ore asset president, Brandon Craig, released a statement confirming the tragedy.

“It is with deep sadness that we confirm a member of BHP’s WA team was fatally injured in an incident at our rail yard in Port Hedland last night. The person was struck by a locomotive at approximately 9:30pm (WST) on Tuesday, 7 February.”

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All iron ore operations in WA have stopped operation for 24 hours.