Union demands QCoal's operation be suspended after haul truck crushes light vehicle
Privately-run Queensland miner QCoal has suffered a second fatality at its Byerwen coal mine in just three weeks, prompting calls for the operation to be suspended.While details are still emerging about the yesterday's incident, Queensland resources minister Scott Stewart confirmed it involved two vehicles. The 56-year-old worker is believed to have suffered life threatening injuries when the light vehicle he was driving collided with a haul truck around 1:10pm yesterday.
"Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with our colleague's family, friends and workmates", Macmahon managing director Michael Finnegan said in a statement this morning.Independent health and safety regulator, Resources Safety and Health Queensland is investigating the incident.The death comes after 48-year-old Chris Schloss died on August 3 after an incident involving a crane at the same mine.
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