Vic mine fire worker wins compensation

Updated August 12 2019 - 1:48pm, first published 1:45pm
David Briggs was an excavator operator who helped to fight the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire.
David Briggs was an excavator operator who helped to fight the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire.

A worker exposed to coal and pollutants while fighting a three-month Victorian mine fire has won a legal battle for compensation for his life-threatening illnesses.

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