Two workers have been recovered safely from Curragh coalmine as search continues for missing man

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A worker is missing and another is recovering in hospital after a roof collapse at a coalmine.

Police were called to Curragh coalmine, in central Queensland, about 3pm on Friday.

The missing worker is believed to have been inside the mine when the roof collapsed and could be trapped as deep as 1km underground.