The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says Xstrata has taken legal action preventing its members from going near a north Queensland rail line.
Workers have been stopping coal trains from leaving the Collinsville coal mine site, north-west of Mackay.
Over 200 workers have been on strike for two weeks over pay and job security issues.
The mine is owned by Xstrata but is operated by Thiess.
CFMEU spokesman Steve Smyth says the injunction, taken out by Xstrata, is preventing union members from getting any closer than 20 metres to the town's rail line.
He says he is concerned for the wider community.
"The way that it's read is that if the local residents or other people were to encroach within that zone as well, it appears they could be in trouble," he said.
Mr Smyth says he has also received complaints from community members, who believe they are being monitored by security guards.
"That is just not on - they need to be fair dinkum and if they think that is the way they are going to go about business and resolve the matter, then they are actually inflaming the matter more than they are cooling it down," he said.
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